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Gurney, A. R.

(Encyclopedia) Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell Gurney, Jr.), 1930–2017, American dramatist, b. Buffalo, N.Y., B.A. Williams College, 1952, M.F.A. Yale School of Drama, 1958. He is best known for often…

Gustavo A. Madero

(Encyclopedia) Gustavo A. Madero Gustavo A. Madero g&oomacr;stäˈvō ä mädāˈrō [key…

Briggs, Clare A.

(Encyclopedia) Briggs, Clare A., 1875–1930, American cartoonist, b. Reedsburg, Wis. He won a national reputation with the contributions he made to the Chicago Tribune from 1907 to 1914. From 1914…

Sturza, Dimitrie A.

(Encyclopedia) Sturza or Sturdza, Dimitrie A.Sturza or Sturdza, Dimitrie A.both: dēmēˈtrēyĕ st&oobreve;rˈdzə [key], 1833–1914, Romanian statesman, of a prominent Moldavian family. With Ion…

Yehoshua, A. B.

(Encyclopedia) Yehoshua, A. B. (Abraham, or Avraham, “Bulli” Yehoshua), 1936–, Israeli writer.He has taught at several schools, and since 1967 has lived in Haifa, where he teaches at the city's…

Byatt, A. S.

(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…

Charles Otto LOBECK, Congress, NE (1852-1920)

LOBECK Charles Otto , a Representative from Nebraska; born in Andover, Henry County, Ill., April 6, 1852; attended the public schools in Geneseo, Ill., the German Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, and…

Michelangelo Buonarroti

(Encyclopedia) Michelangelo BuonarrotiMichelangelo Buonarrotimīkəlănˈjəlō, Ital. mēkālänˈjālō bwōnär-rôˈtē [key], 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, b. Caprese, Tuscany.…

Kissinger, Henry Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger, Henry Alfred kĭsˈənjər [key], 1923–2023, American political…