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Cornell, Katharine
(Encyclopedia) Cornell, Katharine, 1898–1974, American actress, b. Berlin. Cornell made her debut in 1916 with the Washington Square Players. In 1921 she married Guthrie McClintic, a producer-…shad
(Encyclopedia) shad, fish of the genus Alosa, family Clupeidae (herring family), found in North America, Europe, and the Mediterranean. The American shad, A. sapidissima, is one of the largest (6 lb/…Katharine Hepburn 2003 Deaths
Katharine HepburnAge: 96 independent, sophisticated film, stage, and television actress whose career spanned nearly 70 years. Spencer Tracy was Hepburn's leading man and romantic partner, and…Katharine Gunn, 2004 News
British intelligence linguist, was arrested in 2003 for leaking a top-secret request from an official with the United States National Security Agency who was seeking help in bugging United…Katharine Graham 2001 Deaths
Katharine GrahamAge: 84 newspaper and magazine publisher who transformed the Washington Post into one of the most influential newspapers in the country. She took control of the paper in 1963…Katharine Washburn 2000 Deaths
Katharine WashburnAge: 57 editor, essayist, and translator who, with John S. Major, compiled World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998), a 1,338–page tome that…Audley of Walden, Thomas Audley, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Audley of Walden, Thomas Audley, Baron, 1488–1544, lord chancellor of England (1533–44) under Henry VIII. He was made speaker of the House of Commons in 1529 and lord keeper of the…Evans, Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Maurice, 1901–89, Welsh-American actor. Evans came into prominence in 1928 and in 1934 was a leading man with the Old Vic. He first appeared on Broadway in 1936 in Romeo and…Barton, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Barton, Elizabeth, 1506?–1534, English prophet, called the Maid of Kent or the Nun of Kent. She was a domestic servant who, after a period of illness, began (c.1525) to go into trances…Graham, Katharine Meyer
(Encyclopedia) Graham, Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, American publisher, b. New York City, grad. Univ. of Chicago (1938). She first worked as a copy girl at the Washington Post, which was owned by her…Trending
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