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Brewer's: Rob Roy

[Robert the Red]. A nickname given to Robert M'Gregor, who assumed the name of Campbell when the clan M'Gregor was outlawed by the Scotch Parliament in 1662. He may be termed the Robin…

Roy Jones Jr.

Born:Jan. 16, 1969Pro record:45-1-0, 36 KOsHeight:5'11"Weight:175Olympic medal:1988 Silver as a light middleweight.NoDateOpponent, locationResult15/6/89Ricky Randall, Pensacola, Fla.KO 226/11…

Roy Rogers Biography

Roy Rogers(Leonard Frank Sly)actor, singerBorn: 11/5/1911Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Actor and singer who starred in more than 80 Westerns, earning the moniker “King of the Cowboys.” He…

Roy Lichtenstein Biography

Roy Lichtensteinpainter, sculptorBorn: 10/27/1923Birthplace: New York City A major figure in the U.S. pop art movement in the 1960s, Lichtenstein was famous for his paintings mimicking the…

Roy Scheider Biography

Roy Scheider actor Born: 11/10/1935 Birthplace: Orange, New Jersey Died: 02/10/2008 Best known as the rugged police…

Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr.Born: Jan. 16, 1969Boxing robbed of gold medal at 1988 Olympics on a scoring error; still voted Outstanding Boxer of the Games; won IBF middleweight crown, beating Bernard…

Roy J. Plunkett

Roy J. Plunkett Born: 1910Birthplace: New Carlisle, Ohio Tetrafluoroethylene polymers—Plunkett discovered “Teflon” and also worked on the development of many other fluorochemical products and…

George Harrison

The spiritual leader of the Beatles by Beth Rowen Beatles Songs Written by George Harrison Blue Jay Way Don't Bother Me For You Blue Here Comes The Sun I Me Mine I Need You I Want To Tell…

Mottelson, Benjamin Roy

(Encyclopedia) Mottelson, Benjamin Roy, 1926–, Danish physicist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Harvard, 1950. Raised and educated in the United States, he moved to Denmark, where he began work as a nuclear…

Satyre Ménippée

(Encyclopedia) Satyre Ménippée or Satire MénippéeSatyre Ménippéesätērˈ mānēpāˈ [key], anonymous French political pamphlet (1st ed. 1594) circulated in Paris in the 1590s. A brilliant lampoon…