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1997 Deaths

Ewart AbnerCal AbramsKathy AckerBobby AdamsDr. Kurt Alfred AdlerJohn Akii-BuaJerome Alden William AllandAntonio de AlmeidaEugenie M. AndersonEddie ArcaroLynn ArchibaldWilliam ArthurRichie…

Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford

(Encyclopedia) Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford, 1661–1724, English statesman and bibliophile. His career illustrates the power of personal connections and intrigue in the politics of his day. When…

2002 National Book Awards

The 53rd Annual National Book Awards were presented November 20, 2002, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.Fiction:Three Junes, Julia Glass (Pantheon Books)Nonfiction:Master of the…

Robert Graves: To Robert Nichols

To Robert Nichols(From Frise on the Somme in February, 1917, in answer to a letter saying: "I am just finishing my 'Faun's Holiday.' I wish you were here to feed him with cherries.") Here by…

Bresson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Bresson, RobertBresson, Robertrôbĕrˈ brĕsôNˈ [key], 1901–99, French film director and scriptwriter, b. Bromont-Lamottie, France. Bresson's films tend to be austere, unadorned, and…

1998 National Medal of Technology Recipients

Denton A. Cooley, M.D., Founder, President, and Surgeon-in-Chief, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex., for his inspirational skill, leadership, and technical accomplishments during six…

Mosby, John Singleton

(Encyclopedia) Mosby, John SingletonMosby, John Singletonmôzˈbē [key], 1833–1916, Confederate partisan leader in the American Civil War, b. Edgemont, Va. He was practicing law in Bristol, Va., when…