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Brewer's: Paul's Pigeons

The boys of St. Paul's School, London. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Paul's WalkersPaul's Man A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…

Brewer's: Paul's Walkers

Loungers who frequented the middle of St. Paul's, which was the Bond Street of London up to the time of the Commonwealth. (See Ben Jonson's Every Man out of his Humour, where are a variety…

Brewer's: Father Paul

Pietro Sarpi, father of the order of Servites in Venice, who changed his Christian name when he assumed the religious habit. (1552-1623.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Paul Verhoeven Biography

Paul VerhoevendirectorBorn: 7/18/1938Birthplace: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Verhoeven began his career making documentaries for the Netherlands navy. He soon gained success in directing for…

Paul Muldoon Biography

Paul MuldoonpoetBorn: 1951Birthplace: Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland Designated “one of the two or three most accomplished rhymers now writing in the English language” by the New…

Les Paul Biography

Les Paul Born: 1915 Electric Guitar, Multi-Track Recording. Paul's innovations led to his first solid-body electric guitar in 1946. He produced a series of extremely popular recordings—using…

John Paul Hogan

John Paul Hogan Born: 1919 Birthplace: Lowes, Ky. Polypropylene and high-density polyethylene (HDPE)—While working for the Phillips Petroleum Company, Banks and Hogan developed two of the…

Paul (Bear) Bryant

Paul (Bear) BryantBorn: Sept. 11, 1913Football coached at 4 colleges over 38 years; directed Alabama to 6 national titles (1961,64-65, 1973, 78-79); retired in 1982 as the winningest coach of…

Paul Robeson Biography

Paul RobesonBorn: Apr. 9, 1898Black 4-sport star and 2-time football All-America (1917-18) at Rutgers 3-year NFL pro; also scholar, lawyer, singer, actor and political activist; long-tainted…

Paul Jarrico Biography

Paul Jarricoscreenwriter, producerBorn: 1/12/1915Birthplace: Los Angeles One of the first in Hollywood to be subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Paul Jarrico's early…