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Mary Henrietta Kingsley Biography

Mary Henrietta KingsleyexplorerBorn: 1862Birthplace: London, England Mary Kingsley led a quiet life until after the deaths of her parents. She then took off for Africa to study African…

Mary Hannah Fulton Biography

Mary Hannah Fulton physician and missionaryBorn: May 31, 1854Birthplace: prob. Ashland, Ohio Having graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan with a master's degree in 1877, Fulton spent…

Mary Kay Ash Biography

Mary Kay Ashbusiness executiveBorn: 1915Birthplace: Hot Wells, Texas Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, one of the largest beauty products firms in the United States, Ash sold a child psychology…

Mary Stuart 2002 Deaths

Mary StuartAge: 76 actress who played Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Vincente Tourneur on Search for Tomorrow and Meta Bauer on The Guiding Light. Died: New York City, Feb. 28, 2002Joe Strummer R…

Mary McGrory 2004 Deaths

Mary McGroryAge: 85 liberal columnist who earned a national reputation for her coverage of 1954's McCarthy hearings for the Washington Star. Her commentary on the Kennedy assassination in…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Mary -

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The PastOn a Faded VioletTo Mary - Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. O Mary dear, that you were here With your brown eyes bright and clear. And…

Brewer's: Mary Queen of Scots

Shakespeare being under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth, and knowing her jealousy, would not, of course, praise openly her rival queen; but in the Midsummer Night's Dream, composed in…

Dr. Mary E. Walker

The Question: I understand that more than 3,400 men and one woman have won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Who was the woman? The Answer: On…

Brewer's: Virgin Mary's Guard

(The). The Scotch guard of France, organised in 1448 by Charles VII. Louis XI. made the Virgin Mary their colonel. Disbanded in 1830. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Virgin Mary's Peas

(The). Near Bethlehem are certain crystallisations in limestone so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Virgin QueenVirgin Mary's Guard A B C D E F…