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Beadle, George Wells
(Encyclopedia) Beadle, George Wells, 1903–89, American geneticist, b. Wahoo, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1926; M.S., 1927), Ph.D. Cornell, 1931. Beadle taught (1931–36) biology at the…Wells, David Ames
(Encyclopedia) Wells, David Ames, 1828–98, American economist, b. Springfield, Mass., grad. Williams, 1847, and Lawrence Scientific School, Cambridge, Mass., 1851. Early in life he wrote several…Brewer's: Oswald's Well
commemorates the death of Oswald, Christian king of Northumbria, who fell in battle before Penda, pagan king of Mercia, in 642. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Fare Well
(To). You cannot fare well but you must cry out roast meat. Don't blazon your good fortune on the house-top. “Sorex suo perit indicio.” Terence has the same idea: “Egomet meo indicio miser…Brewer's: Mimer's Well
A well in which all wisdom lay concealed. It was at the root of the celestial ash-tree. Mimer drank thereof from the horn Gjallar. Odin gave one of his eyes to be permitted to drink of its…Brewer's: Sadler's Wells
(London). There was a well at this place called Holy Well, once noted for “its extraordinary cures.” The priests of Clerkenwell Priory used to boast of its virtues. At the Reformation it…Brewer's: Truth in a Well
This expression is attributed both to Cleanthes and to Democritos the derider. “Naturam accusa, quæ in profundo veritatem (ut ait Democritus) peuitus abstruserit.” —Cicero: Academics, i.…Brewer's: Artesian Wells
So called from Artesium (the Latin for Artois), in France, where they were first bored. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Artful DodgerArtemus Ward A B C D…Brewer's: Well-beloved
Charles VI. of France, le Bien-aimé. (1368, 1380-1422.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Well-founded DoctorWell Begun…Brewer's: Well of Samaria
now called Nablûs, is seventy-five feet deep. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Well of WisdomWell of St. Keyne A B C…Trending
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