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Lyon, Matthew

(Encyclopedia) Lyon, Matthew, 1750–1822, American political leader and pioneer, b. Co. Wicklow, Ireland. He emigrated to America in 1765, settling eventually in Vermont. During the American…

colorization, motion picture

(Encyclopedia) colorization, motion picture, electronic process that uses computers to add color to black-and-white movies, creating new colored videotape versions. Invented by Canadians Wilson…

Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth, 1917–2000, American poet, b. Topeka, Kans. She grew up in the slums of Chicago and lived in that city until her death. Brooks's poems, technically…

1984 Academy Awards

The 1984 Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureAmadeus, Saul Zaentz, producer (Orion)The Killing Fields, David Puttnam,…

Stewart, Martha

(Encyclopedia) Stewart, Martha, 1941–, American entrepeneur and tastemaker, b. Jersey City, N.J., as Martha Helen Kostyra, grad. Barnard College (1963). Moving to Westport, Conn., she started (1976)…

Stanford University

(Encyclopedia) Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by…

Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner

(Encyclopedia) Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner, 1822–88, English jurist and historian, educated at Cambridge. A pioneer in the historical and comparative study of institutions, he viewed the history of…

Neuharth, Al

(Encyclopedia) Neuharth, Al (Allen Harold Neuharth), 1924–2013, American media executive, b. Eureka, S.Dak., grad. Univ. of South Dakota (1950). In 1954 he began working as a reporter for The Miami…

Lexington

(Encyclopedia) Lexington. 1 City (1990 pop. 225,366), seat of Fayette co., N central Ky., in the heart of the bluegrass region; inc. 1832, made coextensive with Fayette co. 1974. The outstanding…