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Kenneth Lynn 2001 Deaths

Kenneth LynnAge: 78 historian who wrote biographies of Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, and Charlie Chaplin. He taught at Johns Hopkins University for 20 years.Died: Manhattan, June 24,…

Kenneth Starr, 1998 News

independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation since Aug. 1994, delivered a 445-page report on President Clinton to the House Judiciary Committee on Sept. 9. The historic report, which…

Kenneth Babyface Edmonds Biography

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmondssongwriter, producer, singerBorn: 4/10/1959Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Grammy Award-winning songwriter, producer, and singer who is considered one of the most powerful…

Burke, Kenneth Duva

(Encyclopedia) Burke, Kenneth Duva, 1897–1993, American critic, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. He was music critic for The Dial (1927–29) and The Nation (1934–36). A profound thinker whose writings have…

Scone

(Encyclopedia) SconeSconesk&oomacr;n [key], village, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. Old Scone, west of the modern village of New Scone, was the repository of the Coronation Stone (see under…

Kennebunkport

(Encyclopedia) KennebunkportKennebunkportkĕnˌĭbŭngkpôrtˈ, kĕnˌĭbŭngkˈpôrt [key], town (1990 pop. 1,100), York co., S Maine, on the Atlantic coast; settled 1629, inc. 1653. The early town, called…

Wilson, Kenneth Geddes

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Kenneth Geddes, 1936–2013, American physicist, b. Waltham, Mass., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1961. A professor at Cornell (1963–88) and Ohio State Univ. (1988–…

Price, Kenneth

(Encyclopedia) Price, Kenneth, 1935–2012, American ceramic artist, b. Los Angeles, grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.F.A., 1956), New York State College of Ceramics (M.F.A., 1959). Obliterating…

Patchen, Kenneth

(Encyclopedia) Patchen, Kenneth, 1911–72, American poet and novelist, b. Niles, Ohio. His writings, characterized by complete freedom of form, embrace genres as diverse as satire, fantasy, and…

Hicks, Sir John Richard

(Encyclopedia) Hicks, Sir John Richard, 1904–89, British economist, grad. Balliol College, Oxford, 1931. He was a professor at the Univ. of Manchester (1938–46) before joining the faculty of Oxford (…