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Hilton, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Hilton, Walter, d. 1396, English religious writer, an Austin canon of Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire. His spiritual treatise The Scale of Perfection (ed. by Evelyn Underhill, 1923) is a…

Nguyen Chi Thien

(Encyclopedia) Nguyen Chi Thien, 1939–2012, Vietnamese poet. Thien began composing poetry during the three years he spent in prison after he told his history students that their textbook wrongly…

Graham Land

(Encyclopedia) Graham Land, part of the Antarctic Peninsula, W Antarctica. This ice-covered, mountainous area was thought to be a group of islands but further exploration (1934) showed it to be…

Port Royal Sound

(Encyclopedia) Port Royal Sound, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, between St. Helena and Parris islands to the north and Hilton Head Island to the south, in S S.C.; it receives the Broad River. The sound…

Treaty of Paris

This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.…

Rugrats in Paris

Directors:Paul Demeyer and Stig BergqvistWriters:David Stern, David Weiss, Jill GoreyParamount Pictures; 78 minutes; GRelease:11/00Voices of:E.G. Daily, Susan Sarandon, Jack Riley Animated…

Brewer's: Paris

or Alexander. Son of Priam, and cause of the siege of Troy. He was hospitably entertained by Menelaos, King of Sparta; and eloped with Helen, his host's wife. This brought about the siege…

Conrad Hilton Biography

Conrad HiltonhotelierBorn: 12/25/1887Birthplace: San Antonio, New Mexico Having begun his career working in his father's store, he expanded the business and after his father's death began…

Cressy, Hugh Paulinus

(Encyclopedia) Cressy, Hugh PaulinusCressy, Hugh Paulinuskrĕˈsē [key], 1605–74, English Benedictine monk. He was educated at Oxford and converted to Roman Catholicism in Rome in 1646. His…

Helen of Troy and Paris

In Greek mythology, the face that launched a thousand ships by David Johnson Recounted in Homer's Iliad, the story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan War is a Greek heroic legend,…