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Welles, Orson
(Encyclopedia) Welles, Orson, 1915–85, American actor, director, and producer, b. Kenosha, Wis. From childhood he evinced a precocious talent and lofty sense of self-assurance in theatrical matters.…Flint, Timothy
(Encyclopedia) Flint, Timothy, 1780–1840, American author, b. North Reading, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1800, and entered the ministry. As a missionary he traveled up and down the Mississippi valley from…Kino, Eusebio Francisco
(Encyclopedia) Kino, Eusebio FranciscoKino, Eusebio Franciscoā&oomacr;sāˈbyō fränsēsˈkō kēˈnō [key], c.1644–1711, missionary explorer in the American Southwest, b. Segno, in the Tyrol. He was in…Thomson, Sir Joseph John
(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Sir Joseph John, 1856–1940, English physicist. From 1884 to 1919 he was Cavendish professor of experimental physics at Cambridge. J. J. Thomson was one of the founders of…Bernstein, Leonard
(Encyclopedia) Bernstein, LeonardBernstein, Leonardbûrnˈstīn, –stēn [key], 1918–90, American composer, conductor, and pianist, b. Lawrence, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1939, and Curtis Institute of Music,…Howe, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Joseph, 1804–73, Canadian journalist and political leader, b. Halifax, N.S. In 1828, Howe became proprietor and editor of the Nova Scotian, which under his direction became the…Hughes, Howard Robard
(Encyclopedia) Hughes, Howard Robard, 1905–76, U.S. business executive, b. Houston. As a young man he inherited (1925) the patent rights to an oil tool drill, which, manufactured by the Hughes Tool…Malamud, Bernard
(Encyclopedia) Malamud, BernardMalamud, Bernardmălˈəməd [key], 1914–86, American author, b. New York City, grad. College of the City of New York (B.A., 1936), Columbia (M.A., 1942). His works…Lowry, L. S.
(Encyclopedia) Lowry, L. S. (Laurence Stephen Lowry), 1887–1976, English painter and printmaker, b. Manchester, studied Municipal College of Art (later Manchester Metropolitan Univ.). He is…Eberhart, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Eberhart, RichardEberhart, Richardĕbˈərhärtˌ [key], 1904–2005, American poet, b. Austin, Minn., grad. Dartmouth (1926) and Cambridge (1929, 1933). He taught at various universities…Trending
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