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Vaughan, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Vaughan, HenryVaughan, Henryvôn [key], 1622–95, one of the English metaphysical poets. Born in Breconshire, Wales, he signed himself Silurist, after the ancient inhabitants of that…

1958 Academy Awards

The 1958 Academy Awards were presented April 6, 1959 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.Best Motion PictureAuntie Mame (Warner Bros.)Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lawrence Weingarten,…

Abramovitz, Max

(Encyclopedia) Abramovitz, Max: see Harrison, Wallace Kirkman.

Women's Suffrage: Index

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Chronological Record of the Wi...IndexAbbott, Rev. Lyman, 126Abolitionists. See Anti-SlaveryAcklen, Col. Joseph H., 424Acts of…

William Wallace Biography

William Wallaceinventor, manufacturerBorn: 1825Birthplace: Manchester, England The son of English immigrants, he followed his father into the business of making wires, which he inherited upon…

Wallace Bruner Biography

Wallace Brunernews correspondent, talk-show host As a news correspondent for ABC, Bruner covered the White House, Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. He hosted television's What's My Line…

Brewer's: Wallace's Larder

(See Larder.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894WallflowerWalls have Ears A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…

Wallace Thurman Biography

Wallace Thurman writerBorn: 1902Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah   Thurman dropped out of the University of Southern California in 1925 and moved to Harlem. He worked on a number of magazines, and…