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Seth Lewelling Biography

Seth Lewellinghorticulturist, developer of several varieties of fruitBorn: 3/6/1820Birthplace: Randolph, N.C. Lewelling arrived in Oregon Territory in 1850 with a wagon-full of fruit seeds…

Entertainment Bios — R

Francisco RabalDorothy RabinowitzRadioheadGilda RadnerBen RaeburnRage Against the MachineSam M. RaimiMa RaineyClaude RainsBonnie RaittHarold RamisJoey RamoneMichael RapaportBasil RathboneDan…

The Corrections

Author:Jonathan FranzenPublisher:Farrar Straus & Giroux In his third novel, Franzen bitterly—and hilariously—satirizes society's absurdities through the utterly dysfunctional, self-…

900 Oneota

Written and Directed by:David BeairdSets:Shawn MotleyCostumes:Laura ChurbaLighting:John LewisSound:Jason FoxOpened: 9/96 at Circle Repertory CompanyCast: Leland Cooke, Venida Evans, Missi…

The Leading Man

Director: John Duigan Writer: Virginia Duigan Director of Photography: Jean-Francois Robin Editor: Humphrey Dixon Music: Edward Shearmur Production Designer: Caroline…

Walter Gresham ANDREWS, Congress, NY (1889-1949)

ANDREWS Walter Gresham , a Representative from New York; born in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., July 16, 1889; moved with his parents to Buffalo, N.Y., in 1902; attended the public schools of…

1949 Cannes Film Festival

Grand PrixThe Third Man, Carol Reed (United Kingdom)Best ActorEdward G. Robinson, House of Strangers (United States)Best ActressIsa Miranda, The Walls of Malapaga (France/Italy)DirectionRene…

Saint Lawrence Seaway

(Encyclopedia) Saint Lawrence Seaway, international waterway, 2,342 mi (3,769 km) long, consisting of a system of canals, dams, and locks in the St. Lawrence River and connecting channels between the…

Tenzing Norgay Biography

Tenzing NorgaymountaineerBorn: 5/15/1914Birthplace: Solo Khumbu, Nepal On May 29, 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first to successfully climb Mount Everest, the highest…