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Mayer, Julius Robert von
(Encyclopedia) Mayer, Julius Robert von, 1814–78, German physician and physicist, studied medicine at Tübingen, Munich, and Paris. From a consideration of the generation of animal heat, he was led to…Beame, Abraham David
(Encyclopedia) Beame, Abraham David, 1906–2001, American politician, mayor of New York City (1974–77), b. London. Beame, who grew up on New York's Lower East Side, was city budget director (1952–61…Keller, Gottfried
(Encyclopedia) Keller, GottfriedKeller, Gottfriedgôtˈfrēt [key], 1819–90, Swiss novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His vital, realistic, and purposeful fiction gives him a high place among 19th-…Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess of
(Encyclopedia) Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess ofPortsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess oflwēz rənāˈ də kār&oomacr;älˈ [key], 1649–1734, French mistress of Charles II of…Anderson, Margaret C.
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Margaret C., 1886–1973, American author, editor, and publisher, b. Indianapolis, Ind. As editor and publisher of The Little Review (1914–29), one of the most famous of the…Nicholas Vachel Lindsay: The Eagle that is forgotten
The Eagle that is forgotten(John P. Altgeld)Nicholas Vachel LindsaySleep softly … eagle forgotten … under the stone. Time has its way with you there, and the clay has its own. "We have buried…Nicholas Vachel Lindsay: On the Building of Springfield
On the Building of SpringfieldNicholas Vachel LindsayLet not our town be large — remembering That little Athens was the Muses' home; That Oxford rules the heart of London still, That…Huggins, Sir William
(Encyclopedia) Huggins, Sir William, 1824–1910, English astronomer. Using a spectroscope, he began to study the chemical constitution of stars from the observatory attached to his home in Tulse Hill…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: L
Selected Biographies A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+…Vachel Lindsay: Abraham Lincoln walks at Midnight
Abraham Lincoln walks at Midnight(In Springfield, Illinois)Vachel LindsayIt is portentous, and a thing of state That here at midnight, in our little town A mourning figure walks, and will not…Trending
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