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Churchill, Winston, American novelist
(Encyclopedia) Churchill, Winston, 1871–1947, American novelist, b. St. Louis, grad. Annapolis, 1894. He wrote several popular historical novels including Richard Carvel (1899), The Crisis (1901),…Terry, Sir Richard Runciman
(Encyclopedia) Terry, Sir Richard Runciman, 1865–1938, English organist and musicologist. He was organist and choir director (1901–24) of Westminster Cathedral. Terry studied and made collections of…Wallace, Edgar
(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Edgar (Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace), 1875–1932, English novelist and playwright, b. Greenwich. He was the author of more than 150 detective and adventure novels, of which as…Tyler, Wat
(Encyclopedia) Tyler, Wat, d. 1381, English rebel. His given name appears in full as Walter; his surname signifies the trade of a roof tiler. He came into prominence as the leader of the rebellion of…Gen. Richard Myers, 2003 News
chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, played a key role in the planning of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. As the top military adviser to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Myers serves as a…Richard Burton: Across the Fields to Anne
Across the Fields to AnneRichard BurtonHow often in the summer-tide, His graver business set aside, Has stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed, As to the pipe of Pan, Stepped blithesomely with…William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act I
Act IScene ILondon. King Richard II's palaceEnter King Richard II, John of Gaunt, with other Nobles and AttendantsKing Richard IIOld John of Gaunt, time-honour'd Lancaster, Hast thou,…William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act V
Act VScene ILondon. A street leading to the TowerEnter Queen and LadiesQueenThis way the king will come; this is the way To Julius Caesar's ill-erected tower, To whose flint bosom my…William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act I
Act IScene ILondon. A streetEnter Gloucester, solusGloucesterNow is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the…Richard C. Holbrooke, 1999 News
58, diplomat, was finally confirmed as chief American diplomat to the United Nations by the Senate in August, ending a 14-month-long nomination process that languished amid partisan…Trending
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