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Forbes, Malcolm

(Encyclopedia) Forbes, Malcolm, 1919–90, American publisher, b. Englewood, N.J. The third son of a Scottish immigrant who founded Forbes magazine in 1917, he graduated from Princeton (1941), and…

Evans, Dame Edith

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Dame Edith, 1888–1976, English actress. After her stage debut in 1912, Evans toured with Ellen Terry. Known for her resonant voice, she worked with the Old Vic (1925–26) and had…

Hill, Joe

(Encyclopedia) Hill, Joe, 1879–1915, Swedish-American union organizer; b. Sweden, as Joel Hägglund, also called Joseph Hillström. He came to the United States in 1902 and worked as a miner and a…

Selznick, David O.

(Encyclopedia) Selznick, David O., 1902–65, American film producer, b. Pittsburgh. He worked for studios in Hollywood before founding Selznick International Pictures in 1936. Selznick's most famous…

Gruenberg, Louis

(Encyclopedia) Gruenberg, LouisGruenberg, Louisgr&oomacr;ˈənbûrg [key], 1884–1964, American composer, b. Russia; pupil of Busoni. After concert tours as a pianist in Europe and America, he…

Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Margaret, 1930–2002, British princess, second daughter of King George VI and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, b. Glamis, Scotland. In 1960 she married a commoner, the photographer Antony…

Derek Anson Jones 2000 Deaths

Derek Anson JonesAge: 38 theater director who directed Wit, the off-Broadway play that won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in drama. He also won the 1999 Lucille Lortel Award for his direction of…

Lois Mailou Jones 1998 Deaths

Lois Mailou JonesAge: 92 painter and leading African-American woman in art. Died: June 9, 1998.Curtis JonesG - LFlorence Griffith Joyner

Sophie Rhys-Jones, 1999 News

34, British public relations executive, became the newest member of England's royal family when she married Prince Edward, 35, Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, in June.