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Matthew CLAY, Congress, VA (1754-1815)
CLAY Matthew , a Representative from Virginia; born in Halifax County, near Danville, Va., March 25, 1754; during the Revolutionary War entered the Ninth Virginia Regiment October 1, 1776,…Matthew THORNTON, Congress, NH (1714-1803)
THORNTON, Matthew, a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Ireland in 1714; immigrated to the United States in 1716 with his father, who settled in Wiscasset, Maine; moved to Worcester, Mass.;…Matthew TILGHMAN, Congress, MD (1718-1790)
TILGHMAN, Matthew, a Delegate from Maryland; born at the “Hermitage,“ near Centerville, Queen Annes County, Md., February 17, 1718; was tutored privately; justice of the peace for Talbot…Matthew James SALMON, Congress, AZ (1958)
SALMON Matthew James , a Representative from Arizona; born in Salt Lake City, Davis County, Utah, January 21, 1958; graduated Mesa High School, Mesa, Ariz., 1976; B.A., Arizona State University,…Andrew Motion, 1999 News
is named England's poet laureate in May, replacing Ted Hughes, who died in October. Motion's first official verse celebrated the marriage of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones.elegy
(Encyclopedia) elegy, in Greek and Roman poetry, a poem written in elegiac verse (i.e., couplets consisting of a hexameter line followed by a pentameter line). The form dates back to 7th cent. b.c.…passion music
(Encyclopedia) passion music, choral music whose text depicts events immediately surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus. The earliest passions, composed from the 9th to the 14th cent., were monophonic…Maris
(Encyclopedia) MarisMarismäˈrĭs [key], three Dutch painters, who were brothers. Jacob or Jakob Maris, 1837–99, the most celebrated, painted domestic interiors but is particularly famous for his…Micah, book of the Bible
(Encyclopedia) MicahMicahmīˈkə [key], 6th of the books of the Minor Prophets of the Bible, containing the oracles of the prophet Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah whose career spanned the period c.750–…Penrose, Boies
(Encyclopedia) Penrose, BoiesPenrose, Boiesboiz [key], 1860–1921, American political leader, b. Philadelphia. A lawyer, he was (1884–97) a member of the Pennsylvania legislature and coauthored a…Trending
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