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Lefèvre d'Étaples, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Lefèvre d'Étaples, JacquesLefèvre d'Étaples, Jacqueszhäk ləfăvˈrə dātäpˈlə [key], c.1450–1536, French theologian and humanist. A priest, he studied in Italy, where he was influenced by…

Hayne, Paul Hamilton

(Encyclopedia) Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830–86, American poet, b. Charleston, S.C., grad. Charleston College. Considered the last of the Southern literary cavaliers, he wrote a book of nature poetry (…

Barr, Alfred Hamilton, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Barr, Alfred Hamilton, Jr., 1902–81, American art historian, b. Detroit. Barr taught art history at several colleges and was the first director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York…

Churchill, rivers, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Churchill. 1 River, c.600 mi (970 km) long, issuing as the Ashuanipi River from Ashuanipi Lake, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada, and flowing in an arc north, then southeast through a series…

Susan Margaret COLLINS, Congress, ME (1952)

Senate Years of Service: 1997- Party: Republican COLLINS Susan Margaret , a Senator from Maine; born in Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, December 7, 1952; graduated from St. Lawrence University,…

Margaret M. HECKLER, Congress, MA (1931)

HECKLER Margaret M. , a Representative from Massachusetts; born Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy, June 21, 1931, in Flushing, Queens County, N.Y.; Albertus Magnus College, B.A., 1953; Boston College…

Margaret Scafati ROUKEMA, Congress, NJ (1929)

ROUKEMA Margaret Scafati , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., September 19, 1929; graduated from West Orange High School, West Orange, N.J., 1947; B.A.,…

Davis, Rebecca Harding

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831–1910, American novelist, b. Washington, Pa.; mother of Richard Harding Davis. Her early nonfiction pieces, particularly those collected under the title…

Sanday, William

(Encyclopedia) Sanday, William, 1843–1920, English theologian and biblical scholar. He was professor of exegesis (1883–95) at Oxford and from 1895 to 1919 Lady Margaret professor of divinity and…