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Barbara Pierce Bush Biography

Barbara Pierce BushFirst LadyBorn: 6/8/1925Birthplace: Rye, New York After growing up in Rye, New York, Barbara Pierce attended the Ashley Hall school in South Carolina. It was at a school…

William Pierce 2002 Deaths

William PierceAge: 69 white supremacist who cofounded the National Alliance, the country's largest neo-Nazi group. Timothy McVeigh said Pierce's book, The Turner Diaries, about a violent…

Cabinet Members Under Pierce

Secretary of State William L. Marcy, 1853Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie, 1853Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, 1853Attorney General Caleb Cushing, 1853Postmaster General James…

David Hyde Pierce Biography

David Hyde PierceactorBorn: 4/3/1959Birthplace: Saratoga Springs, New York Emmy–winning actor best known as Frasier Crane's neurotic younger brother Niles on Frasier (1993–), Pierce is also active on…

Cain, James Mallahan

(Encyclopedia) Cain, James Mallahan, 1892–1977, American novelist, b. Annapolis, Md., grad. Washington College, 1910. He taught journalism (1924–25), wrote political commentaries for the New York…

Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

(Encyclopedia) Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852–1930, American author, b. Randolph, Mass. Her stories and novels paint a picture of Massachusetts and Vermont still under the influence of…

Hölderlin, Friedrich

(Encyclopedia) Hölderlin, FriedrichHölderlin, Friedrichfrēˈdrĭkh hölˈdərlĭn [key], 1770–1843, German lyric poet. Befriended and influenced by Schiller, Hölderlin produced, before the onset of…

Howard, Sidney Coe

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891–1939, American dramatist, b. Oakland, Calif., grad. Univ. of California, 1915, and studied under George Pierce Baker at Harvard. His first successful play was…

gunboat

(Encyclopedia) gunboat, small warship for use on rivers and along coasts in places inaccessible to vessels of larger displacement. In the U.S. Civil War both sides used as gunboats, on the…

Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of

(Encyclopedia) Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl ofArundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl ofărˈəndəl [key], 1511?–1580, English statesman. Lord chamberlain under Henry VIII, he was a member of the…