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Silas Simmons 2006 Deaths

Silas SimmonsAge: 111 Negro leagues baseball player, believed to have been the longest-living professional baseball player in history. He pitched for several teams—including the Germantown…

Leonov, Leonid Maksimovich

(Encyclopedia) Leonov, Leonid MaksimovichLeonov, Leonid Maksimovichlyāənyētˈ məksyēmˈəvĭch lyāôˈnəf [key], 1899–1994, Russian novelist and playwright. Leonov was a major figure in the development of…

Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia) Sholokhov, Mikhail AleksandrovichSholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovichmēkhəyĕlˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch shôˈləkhŏf [key], 1905–84, Russian novelist. Sholokhov won international fame for an epic…

Southey, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Southey, RobertSouthey, Robertsouˈᵺē, sŭᵺˈē [key], 1774–1843, English author. Primarily a poet, he was numbered among the so-called Lake poets. While at Oxford he formed (1794) a…

SIMMONS, Robert (Rob), Congress, NY (1943)

SIMMONS, Robert (Rob), a Representative from Connecticut; born in New York, N.Y., February 11, 1943; graduated from Haverford College, Haverford, Pa., 1965; M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge…

Robert (Rob) SIMMONS, Congress, CT (1943)

SIMMONS Robert (Rob) , a Representative from Connecticut; born in New York, N.Y., February 11, 1943; graduated from Haverford College, Haverford, Pa., 1965; M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge…

Kincaid, Jamaica

(Encyclopedia) Kincaid, Jamaica, 1949–, West Indian–American writer, b. Antigua as Elaine Potter Richardson. She immigrated to the United States at 16 and later became a U.S. citizen. Changing her…

J. K. Rowling

The story of Harry Potter's creator by Ann-Marie Imbornoni   J. K. Rowling Source/AP Photos Who shares YOUR birthday? Select month and date:…

George Abel SIMMONS, Congress, NY (1791-1857)

SIMMONS George Abel , a Representative from New York; born in Lyme, N.H., September 8, 1791; attended the district school; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1816; moved to…