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Reed, Sir Carol
(Encyclopedia) Reed, Sir Carol, 1906–76, English film director, b. London. He acted and directed on the stage before turning to films in the mid-1930s. Reed powerfully portrayed characters at the end…Reed, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Reed, Walter, 1851–1902, American army surgeon, b. Gloucester co., Va. In 1900 he was sent to Havana as head of an army commission to investigate an outbreak of yellow fever among…Reed, John
(Encyclopedia) Reed, John, 1887–1920, American journalist and radical leader, b. Portland, Oreg. After graduating from Harvard in 1910, he wrote articles for various publications and from 1913 was…reed organ
(Encyclopedia) reed organ, an organ in which air is forced over free reeds by means of bellows, usually worked by pedals. It is played by the use of one or more keyboards. Variations in tone are…Reed, Stanley Forman
(Encyclopedia) Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884–1980, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1938–57), b. Macon co., Ky. After receiving the B.A. degree from both Kentucky Wesleyan (1902) and Yale (…Yolande Cornelia Nikki Giovanni Biography
Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Born: June 7, 1943poetBirthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee A leading poet of the Black Arts Movement, Giovanni's work reflects her radical politics. In 1967 she…harmonium
(Encyclopedia) harmonium: see reed organ.reed bird
(Encyclopedia) reed bird: see bobolink.reed mace
(Encyclopedia) reed mace: see cattail.melodeon
(Encyclopedia) melodeon or melodium: see reed organ.Trending
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