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Lamb, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834, English essayist, b. London. He went to school at Christ's Hospital, where his lifelong friendship with Coleridge began. Lamb was a clerk at the India House…faith healing
(Encyclopedia) faith healing, relief or cure of bodily ills through some religious attitude on the part of the sufferer. In the Jewish and Christian traditions prayers for cures and miracles are…Burrillville
(Encyclopedia) Burrillville, town (2020 pop. 16,158), Providence co., NW R.I.; inc. 1806. It is named for James Burrill, Jr., attorney general of the…Goschen, George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Goschen, George Joachim Goschen, 1st ViscountGoschen, George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscountgōˈshən [key], 1831–1907, British statesman. A leading financier, he was elected (1863) to…Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonald
(Encyclopedia) Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldHeinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldhīˈlīn [key], 1907–88, American science-fiction writer, b. Butler, Mo. His best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land…Williams, Roger John
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Roger John, 1893–1988, American chemist, b. India, grad. Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, Calif. (B.S., 1914), Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1919; brother of the chemist Robert R.…Unification Church
(Encyclopedia) Unification Church, church founded (1954) in South Korea by Sun Myung Moon; officially the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification for World Christianity. Moon moved to the United…Robinson, Sugar Ray
(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920–89, American boxer, b. Detroit as Walker Smith, Jr. He began boxing after three years of high school in New York City. Having won all his amateur fights (…Davis, Jefferson
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Jefferson, 1808–89, American statesman, President of the Southern Confederacy, b. Fairview, near Elkton, Ky. His birthday was June 3. Davis took little part in the secession…holiday
(Encyclopedia) holiday [altered from holy day], day set aside for the commemoration of an important event. Holidays are often accompanied by public ceremonies, such as parades and carnivals, and by…Trending
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