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Catherine Howard

(Encyclopedia) Catherine Howard, queen of England: see Howard, Catherine.

Overbury, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Overbury, Sir Thomas, 1581–1613, English author and courtier. He was a friend and adviser to Robert Carr, an Oxford acquaintance. The two quarreled violently when Overbury disapproved…

Howard, Oliver Otis

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830–1909, Union general in the Civil War, founder of Howard Univ., b. Leeds, Maine, grad. Bowdoin College, 1850, and West Point, 1854. Made a brigadier general of…

Eddie Dean Biography

Eddie Dean(Edgar Dean Glosup)Age: 91 one of the most popular singing cowboys in the 1940s, he appeared in more than 30 films. His remarkable singing voice earned him the moniker, “the golden-…

Education---Academic Dean

Sue Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am the dean of academic achievement and operations at DeVRY Institute of Technology…

Jimmy Dean Biography

musician and country music singerBorn: 8/10/1928Birthplace: Seth Ward, Tex.Died: 6/13/2010 No stranger to hard work, Jimmy Dean grew up on a Texas farm. After dropping…

James Dean Biography

James DeanactorBorn: 2/8/1931 Film actor who achieved cult-figure status after making only three films, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955) and Giant (1956). A car accident ended his…