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Hawkes, John
(Encyclopedia) Hawkes, John (John Clendennin Burne Hawkes, Jr.), 1925–98, American writer, b. Stamford, Conn., grad. Harvard, 1949. He taught English at Brown Univ. after 1958. Hawkes is considered…Mahfouz, Naguib
(Encyclopedia) Mahfouz, NaguibMahfouz, Naguibnəgēbˈ mäkhf&oomacr;sˈ [key], 1911–2006, Egyptian novelist and short-story writer, b. Cairo. After his graduation (1934) from Cairo Univ., he worked…Curitiba
(Encyclopedia) Curitiba Curitiba k&oomacr;rētēˈbä [key], city, capital of Paraná state, SE Brazil. It was founded…viol
(Encyclopedia) viol, family of bowed stringed instruments, the most important ensemble instruments from the 15th to the 17th cent. The viol's early history is indefinite, but it is recognizable in…Provincetown
(Encyclopedia) Provincetown, resort town (1990 pop. 3,374), Barnstable co., SE Mass., on the tip of Cape Cod, with a harbor on Cape Cod Bay; inc. 1727. The principal industries are tourism and…Espoo
(Encyclopedia) Espoo Espoo ĕsˈpô [key], Swed. Esbo, city, Southern Finland prov., S Finland,…buffalo soldiers
(Encyclopedia) buffalo soldiers, name given to the African-American U.S. army regiments commissioned by Congress to patrol the American West after the Civil War. Consisting of two infantry and two…Slocum, Henry Warner
(Encyclopedia) Slocum, Henry WarnerSlocum, Henry Warnerslōˈkəm [key], b. 1826 or 1827, d. 1894, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Delphi, Onondaga co., N.Y. A West Point graduate, he…Trinity , river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Trinity, river rising in N Texas in three forks; the Clear Fork runs into the West Fork at Fort Worth, and the Elm Fork joins the West Fork at Dallas. The Trinity then flows c.510 mi (…Hornsby, Rogers
(Encyclopedia) Hornsby, Rogers, 1896–1963, American baseball player and manager, b. Winters, Tex. He started in major league baseball in 1915 as a shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals and later (…Trending
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