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Jones, Robert Edmond

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887–1954, American scene designer, b. Milton, N.H. With his design in 1915 for The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, a new era of scene design began in the United…

Jones, Mother

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Mother: see Jones, Mary Harris.

Jones, Bobby

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Bobby: see Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr.

Davy Jones

(Encyclopedia) Davy Jones, personification or spirit of the sea. The name is best known in the expression “Davy Jones's locker,” meaning the bottom of the sea, to which drowned sailors go.

Dow Jones Average

(Encyclopedia) Dow Jones Average, indicators used to measure and report value changes in representative stock groupings on the New York stock exchange. There are four different averages—industrial…

Paula Yates 2000 Deaths

Paula YatesAge: 40 flamboyant British television personality whose fame arose from her relationships with rock stars, including Bob Geldof and INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence. She…

Paula Gunn Allen Biography

Paula Gunn AllenPoet, novelist, criticBorn: 1939Birthplace: Cubero, New Mexico Paula Gunn Allen was the daughter of a Lebanese-American father and a Pueblo-Sioux-Scots mother. She was raised…