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Rush, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Rush, Richard, 1780–1859, Amercian statesman and diplomat, b. Philadelphia; son of Benjamin Rush. He studied law and became (1811) attorney general of Pennsylvania, resigning the same…Rorty, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Rorty, Richard, 1931–2007, American philosopher. b. New York City. After studying at the Univ. of Chicago (B.A. 1949, M.A. 1952) and Yale (Ph.D. 1956), Rorty taught philosophy at…Olney, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Olney, Richard, 1835–1917, American cabinet member, b. Oxford, Mass. He was a successful Boston lawyer and had served briefly in the state legislature before President Cleveland…Offner, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Offner, Richard, 1889–1965, American art historian, b. Vienna, studied at Harvard, Ph.D. Univ. of Vienna, 1914. An outstanding authority on Italian art of the 13th and 14th cent., he…Nicolls, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Nicolls, Richard, 1624–72, first English governor of New York, b. Bedfordshire, England. He served in the English civil war as a royalist and followed the Stuarts into exile, where he…1992 Academy Awards
The 1992 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureThe Crying Game, Stephen Woolley, producer (Miramax)A Few Good Men, David…1979 Academy Awards
The 1979 Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureAll That Jazz, Robert Alan Aurthur, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)Apocalypse…Bickerstaff, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Bickerstaff, Isaac, pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift and later by Richard Steele in the Tatler.York, Richard, duke of
(Encyclopedia) York, Richard, duke of, 1411–60, English nobleman, claimant to the throne. He was descended from Edward III through his father, Richard, earl of Cambridge, grandson of that king, and…Foster, Norman Robert, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
(Encyclopedia) Foster, Norman Robert, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, 1935–, British architect, b. Manchester, grad. Manchester Univ. school of architecture (1961), Yale school of architecture (M.A.,…Trending
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