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Jackman, Wilbur Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Jackman, Wilbur Samuel, 1855–1907, American educator, b. Mechanicstown, Ohio, grad. Harvard, 1884. Jackman was a leader of the nature study movement in elementary schools. He taught (…

Kate and Leopold

Director: James Mangold Writers: James Mangold and Steven Rogers Miramax Films; PG-13; 114 minutes Release: 12/01 Cast: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schrieber The…

Swordfish (Film)

Director:Dominic SenaWriter:Skip WoodsWarner Bros.; R; 120 minutesRelease:6/01Cast:John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry You've seen the trailer: hacker Stanley (X-Men's Hugh Jackman) must…

clematis

(Encyclopedia) clematisclematisklĕmˈətĭs, kləmătˈĭs [key], any plant of the large genus Clematis (sometimes subdivided into three or four genera), widely distributed herbs or vines of the family…

O'Donnell, Hugh Roe

(Encyclopedia) O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, 1571?–1602, Irish chieftain and ruler of Tyrconnel (modern Donegal), known as Red Hugh. His father tended to favor the English, who left him free to continue the…

X-Men

Director:Bryan SingerWriter:David Hayter20th Century Fox; PG-13; 105 minutesRelease:7/00Cast:Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry Based on the popular comic series of the same name, X-…

Hugh the Great

(Encyclopedia) Hugh the Great, d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert I and father of Hugh Capet. Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul, he supported the…

Oscar Hosts, 2012

  Read a bio on Billy Crystal, the host of the 84th Academy Awards, as well as past Oscar hosts. Do you remember who hosted in 1989? No one. That was the year the Oscars had no host, in an…

Hugh of Saint Victor

(Encyclopedia) Hugh of Saint Victor, 1096–1141, French or German philosopher and theologian, a canon regular of the monastery of St. Victor, Paris, from c.1115. In 1133 he was made head of the…