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Gordon Parks Biography

Gordon Parks American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composerBorn: Nov. 30, 1912Birthplace: Fort Scott, Kansas   Best known as an acclaimed photographer, Gordon Parks was also a highly…

Brewer's: Lynchnobians

Booksellers and publishers. Rabelais says they inhabit a little hamlet near Lantern-land, and live by lanters. (Pantagruel, v. 33.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Lynceus

(2 syl.) was so sharp sighted he could see through the earth, and distinguish objects nine miles off. “That Lynceus may be matched with Gautard's sight.” Hall: Satires, iv. 1. “Non…

Asian American Writers

Maxine Hong KingstonBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports…

Brewer's: Jesters

(See Fools.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894JesuitJessica A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Jesse Window

(A). A stained-glass window representing Jesse recumbent, and a tree shooting from him containing the pedigree of Jesus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Project Runway: Season Four

Prom dresses and wrestling outfits were among the many challenges in this season by Mark Hughes Project Runway Quizzes Project Runway Quiz Tim…