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Anderson, Margaret Steele

Anderson, Margaret Steele[1867-1921](2)Born in Louisville, Ky., and educated in the public schools of that city, with special courses at Wellesley College. Since 1901 Miss Anderson has been…

Margaret Widdemer: Song

SongMargaret WiddemerThe Spring will come when the year turns, As if no Winter had been, But what shall I do with a locked heart That lets no new year in?The birds will go when the Fall…

Margaret Warner Biography

Margaret WarnerTV news reporter A graduate of Yale University, Warner was a reporter for The Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor, The San Diego Union, and The Wall Street Journal. In 1983 she…

Margaret Cho Biography

Margaret Choactress, comedianBorn: 12/5/1968Birthplace: San Francisco Cho, the daughter of Korean immigrants, grew up in San Francisco's Haight district in the 1970s. Needless to say, her…

Dame Margaret Rutherford

Dame Margaret RutherfordactressBorn: 5/11/1892Birthplace: London, England Rutherford's film career began in her middle years, and she soon built a reputation for playing the brainy spinster and the…

Couper, James Hamilton

(Encyclopedia) Couper, James HamiltonCouper, James Hamiltonk&oomacr;ˈpər [key], 1794–1866, American planter of Georgia, grad. Yale, 1814. Influential in promoting agricultural research and…

Croswell case

(Encyclopedia) Croswell caseCroswell casekrôzˈwəl, krôsˈwĕl [key], U.S. court case involving freedom of the press. In 1803, Harry Croswell, the editor of the Wasp of Hudson, N.Y., was convicted of…

Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish MonteithHamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteithēˈən, mŏn-tēthˈ [key], 1853–1947, British general. He served in many campaigns in Asia and Africa, distinguishing…

Hamilton, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, city, S Ont., Canada, at the western end of Lake Ontario. It is situated on a narrow plain between its harbor (connected by…

Cushing, Frank Hamilton

(Encyclopedia) Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857–1900, American ethnologist, b. North East, Pa. He published his first scientific paper at the age of 17, and at 18 joined the American ethnology bureau at…