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Amherst, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) Amherst. 1 Town (2020 pop. 39,263), Hampshire co., central Mass., in a fertile farm area; inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst, it is a college town. Emily…Karle, Jerome
(Encyclopedia) Karle, JeromeKarle, Jeromekärl [key], 1918–2013, American physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan, 1943. He worked on the Manhattan Project before beginning a career (1946…Motherwell, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Motherwell, Robert, 1915–91, American painter and writer, b. Aberdeen, Wash. Motherwell taught art at several colleges and during the early 1940s he became a cogent theoretician of…Castor and Pollux
(Encyclopedia) Castor and PolluxCastor and Polluxpŏlˈəks [key], in classical mythology, twin heroes called the Dioscuri; Castor was the son of Leda and Tyndareus, Pollux the son of Leda and Zeus.…The Celtic Twilight: "Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye"
by W. B. Yeats Village GhostsA Knight of the Sheep"Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye" I I have been lately to a little group of houses, not many enough to be called a village, in the barony…Helen Stevenson MEYNER, Congress, NJ (1929-1997)
MEYNER Helen Stevenson , a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York, Queens County, N.Y., March 5, 1929; graduated, Rosemary Hall High School, Greenwich, Conn, 1946; B.A., Colorado College…Helen Douglas MANKIN, Congress, GA (1896-1956)
MANKIN Helen Douglas , a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., on September 11, 1896; attended public and private schools; A.B., Rockford College, Rockford, Ill., 1917…Helen Gahagan DOUGLAS, Congress, CA (1900-1980)
DOUGLAS Helen Gahagan , a Representative from California; born in Boonton, Morris County, N.J., November 25, 1900; attended the public schools, Berkeley School for Girls, Brooklyn, N.Y., Capen…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Rosalind, Helen, and Her Child
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Note by Mrs. ShelleyRosalind, Helen, and Her Child SCENE. The Shore of the Lake of Como HELEN: Come hither, my sweet Rosalind. 'Tis long since thou and I have met…Johnson, Martin Elmer
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Martin Elmer, 1884–1937, American explorer and author, b. Rockford, Ill. He left home at 14 to work his way to Europe on a cattle boat, returning as a stowaway. He then joined…Trending
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