Search

Search results

Displaying 431 - 440

Community of Christ

(Encyclopedia) Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, religious group that regards itself as the successor of the church founded by Joseph Smith.…

Keene, Laura

(Encyclopedia) Keene, Laura, c.1826–1873, Anglo-American actress-manager, b. England. She played with Mme Vestris at the Lyceum, London. She emigrated to the United States in 1852 and became manager…

Kirksville

(Encyclopedia) Kirksville, city (1990 pop. 17,152), seat of Adair co., N Mo.; inc. 1857. A processing, trade, and shipping center for a farm area (corn, soybeans, sheep, cattle, hogs), Kirksville…

Bryn Mawr College

(Encyclopedia) Bryn Mawr College, at Bryn Mawr, Pa; undergraduate for women, graduate coeducational; opened 1885 by the Society of Friends, with a bequest from Joseph W. Taylor of Burlington, N.J.…

Still, Andrew Taylor

(Encyclopedia) Still, Andrew Taylor, 1828–1917, founder of osteopathy, b. Jonesboro, Va. He evolved the theory that all diseases and physical disorders ultimately derived from dislocations (which he…

Summer Sizzlers | August 2000

by Beth Rowen Cecil B. DeMented John Waters lashes out against mainstream film in his latest entry, which the outlandish auteur named after himself. (It's his nickname.) Stephen Dorff plays the…

Biographies: 2016 People in the News

2016 People in the News See also 2015 People in the News 2014 People in the News 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People…

Biographies: Deaths of 2015

// Cite Deaths of 2015 See also 2014 Deaths 2013 Deaths 2012 Deaths 2011 Deaths More Deaths Related Links 2015 Current Events Biographies by Category Arts and Entertainment…

Margaret of Scotland, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Margaret of Scotland, Saint, d. 1093, queen consort of Malcolm III and sister of Edgar Atheling. She was married to Malcolm c.1070. A deeply religious woman, she worked to replace the…

The Second Book of Modern Verse

A Selection from the work of contemporaneous American poetsSelections made in 1919.ContentsForewordThe Road not taken (Robert Frost)Symbol (David Morton)Spring (John Gould Fletcher)"There will come…