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Douglas, Sir James de, lord of Douglas

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Sir James de, lord of Douglas, 1286?–1330, Scottish nobleman, called the Black Douglas and Douglas the Good; eldest son of William de Douglas, lord of Douglas. In the war of…

Riggs, Bobby

(Encyclopedia) Riggs, Bobby (Robert Larimore Riggs), 1918–95, U.S. tennis player, b. Los Angeles. Playing tennis from the age of 11, Riggs won several tournaments in the 1930s and helped the U.S.…

Paston Letters

(Encyclopedia) Paston Letters, collection of personal and business correspondence, mostly among members of the Paston family of Norfolk, England. The letters cover the years from 1422 to 1529,…

Tu Fu

(Encyclopedia) Tu FuTu Fud&oomacr; f&oomacr; [key], 712–70, Chinese poet. In Pinyin, his name is romanized as Du Fu. Tu Fu is often considered the greatest of Chinese poets. He did not pass…

Crawford, Joan

(Encyclopedia) Crawford, Joan, 1908–77, American movie star, b. San Antonio, Tex., as Lucille Le Sueur. After working as a Broadway chorus dancer, Crawford began making films in 1926, eventually…

Tilden, William Tatem, 2d

(Encyclopedia) Tilden, William Tatem, 2d (Bill Tilden), 1893–1953, American tennis player, b. Philadelphia. He developed into a brilliant, versatile tennis player, and from 1913 he won several…

Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour

(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, b. New Zealand, educated at Cambridge. His first two novels were failures, but with Fortitude (1913) he achieved financial and…

Nuptials on the Big Screen

Something old, something new, something celluloid by Beth Rowen Related Links Wedding Quotations Dowries…

Benjamin, Judah Philip

(Encyclopedia) Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811–84, Confederate statesman and British barrister, b. Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, of Jewish parents. His family moved (c.1813) to Wilmington, N…

1952 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Clarke Scholes, USA 57.4     Hiroshi Suzuki, JPN 57.4     Göran Larsson, SWE 58.2   400m Free Jean Boiteux, FRA 4:30.7…