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Eve, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) Eve [Heb.,=life], in the Bible, the first woman, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. Fashioned from Adam's rib, she was beguiled by the serpent into eating the…Kahn, Herman
(Encyclopedia) Kahn, HermanKahn, Hermankän [key], 1922–83, American military strategist. b. Bayonne, N.J. After graduate work in physics at the California Institute of Technology, he joined the Rand…Brewer's: Cain-coloured Beard
Yellow, symbolic of treason. In the ancient tapestries Cain and Judas are represented with yellow beards. (See Yellow .) “He hath but a little wee face, with a little yellow heard, a Cain-…Conwell, Russell Herman
(Encyclopedia) Conwell, Russell Herman, 1843–1925, American Baptist minister and lecturer, b. Worthington, Mass. After practicing law, he was ordained (1879) and went to Philadelphia as a minister.…Wouk, Herman
(Encyclopedia) Wouk, HermanWouk, Hermanwōk [key], 1915–2019, American writer, b. New York City. In The Caine Mutiny (1951; Pulitzer Prize), he made the protagonist-antagonist Captain Queeg a popular…Biographies: 2011 People in the News
2011 People in the News See also 2010 People in the News 2009 People in the News 2008 People in the News 2007 People in the News 2006 People in the News…Fairhaven
(Encyclopedia) Fairhaven, residential town (2020 pop. 15,924), Bristol co., SE Mass., at the mouth of the Acushnet River on Buzzards Bay, opposite New…Lekain
(Encyclopedia) LekainLekainləkăN [key], 1728–78, French actor, whose original names was Henri Louis Cain. In 1750 he made his debut at the Comédie Française and became a protégé of Voltaire. Together…Hirschhorn, Joseph Herman
financier, speculator, art collectorBirthplace: Mitau, LatviaBorn: 1899Died: 1981Herman Hollerith Biography
Herman Hollerithengineer, computer inventorBorn: 2/29/1860Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. When children ask their parents, “Where did computers come from?” one answer might be, “From the…Trending
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