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Sherwood, Robert Emmet
(Encyclopedia) Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1896–1955, American dramatist, b. New Rochelle, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1918. After serving in World War I, he wrote for Vanity Fair and Life, serving as editor of…Walsh, Bill
(Encyclopedia) Walsh, Bill (William Ernest Walsh), 1931–2007, American football coach, b. Los Angeles. He played football at San Jose State Univ. (B.A. 1955, M.A. 1959) and went into coaching,…Walsh, Thomas
Walsh, Thomas[1875-1928](2)Born in Brooklyn, Oct. 14, 1875. Educated at Georgetown University, where he took the degree of Ph.D. in 1892. Spent the years from 1892 to 1895, at Columbia…Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh Born: Nov. 30, 1931 Football Hall of Fame coach and GM of 3 Super Bowl winners with San Francisco (…Mackinaw City
(Encyclopedia) Mackinaw CityMackinaw Citymăkˈənôˌ [key], resort village (1990 pop. 875), Cheboygan and Emmet counties, N Mich., on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac; settled 1681, inc. 1882…Narayan, R. K.
(Encyclopedia) Narayan, R. K. (Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan)Narayan, R. K.nərīˈyän [key], 1906–2001, Indian novelist, b. Madras (now Chennai). Narayan, who wrote in English, published his first…M. M. Kaye 2004 Deaths
M. M. KayeAge: 95 British novelist whose best-selling historical novel The Far Pavilions, about a British orphan in pre-independence India who falls in love with a princess, has sold millions…Grafton
(Encyclopedia) Grafton. <1> Town (2020 pop. 19,664), Worcester co., S central Mass.; built on the site of a Native American village; est. by…Buffalo Bill
(Encyclopedia) Buffalo Bill, 1846–1917, American plainsman, scout, and showman, b. near Davenport, Iowa. His real name was William Frederick Cody. His family moved (1854) to Kansas, and after the…Boleyn, Anne
(Encyclopedia) Boleyn, AnneBoleyn, Anneb&oobreve;lˈĭn, b&oobreve;lĭnˈ [key], 1507?–1536, second queen consort of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas…