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Brewer's: Overy

St. Mary Overy (Southwark). John Overie was a ferryman, who used to ferry passengers from Southwark to the City, and accumulated a hoard of wealth by penurious savings. His daughter Mary,…

Coleridge: The Beginnings

At Nether StoweyThe Beginnings Coleridge lived in what may safely be called the most momentous period of modern history. In the year following his birth Warren Hastings was appointed first…

Victor Alfred KNOX, Congress, MI (1899-1976)

KNOX Victor Alfred , a Representative from Michigan; born on a farm in Chippewa County, Mich. (near Sault Ste. Marie), January 13, 1899; attended the public schools; engaged in farming until 1943…

Women in the 112th Congress

This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 112th Congress, which began in 2011. There are 80 women in the House of Representatives and 17 women in the Senate. State…

Brewer's: Vicar of Bray

(The). Let who will be king, I will be vicar of Bray still. Brome says of Simon Alleyn that he “lived in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. In the first two…

Up at the Villa

Director:Phillip HaasWriter:Belinda HaasOctober Films; PG-13; 115 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft Up at the Villa follows the parlor affairs of a group…

Microcosmos

Directors:Claude Nuridsany and Marie PerennouDirectors of Photography:Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou, Hughes Ryffel and Thierry MachadoEditors:Marie-Josephe Yoyotte and Florence RicardMusic…