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William Fosgate KIRBY, Congress, AR (1867-1934)

Senate Years of Service: 1916-1921 Party: Democrat KIRBY William Fosgate , a Senator from Arkansas; born near Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., November 16, 1867; attended the common schools;…

Lewis Kirby ROCKEFELLER, Congress, NY (1875-1948)

ROCKEFELLER Lewis Kirby , A Representative from New York; born in Schenectady, N.Y., November 25, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduated from New York State College, Albany, N.Y., in 1898…

Vaughan, Sarah

(Encyclopedia) Vaughan, Sarah (Sarah Lois Vaughan), 1924–90, American jazz singer, b. Newark, N.J. Nicknamed “Sassie” and “the divine one,” she studied piano and organ, began singing in her church…

Ditko, Steve

(Encyclopedia) Ditko, Steve (Stephen John Ditko), 1927–2018, American comic-book artist, b. Johnstown, Pa., studied early 1950s Cartoonist and Illustrator School (later School of Visual Arts), New…

Lee, Stan

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Stan, 1922–2018, American comic-book writer and editor, co-creator of a number of iconic American superheroes, b. New York City as Stanley Martin Lieber. At 17 he was hired by…

Prynne, William

(Encyclopedia) Prynne, WilliamPrynne, Williamprĭn [key], 1600–1669, English political figure and Puritan pamphleteer. Beginning his attacks on Arminian doctrine in 1627, he soon earned the enmity of…

Sick

Director:Kirby DickDirector of Photography:Jonathan Dayton, Kirby Dick, Sheree Rose and Geza SinkovicsEditor:Dick Dorn and Dody DornMusic:Blake LeyhProducer:Kirby DickNR; 90 minutesRelease:11…

A Monk Swimming

Author:Malachy McCourtPublisher:Hyperion The first reaction to Malachy's memoir is inevitably that he's trying to cash in on the fame of his brother, Frank, the writer who…

Elizabethan style

(Encyclopedia) Elizabethan styleElizabethan styleĭlĭzˌəbēˈthən [key], in architecture and the decorative arts, a transitional style of the English Renaissance, which took its name from Queen…