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Stephen Rea Biography

Stephen ReaactorBorn: 10/31/1943Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland The lugubrious character actor began his career in fringe theatre in Ireland and England. In 1980, with playwright Brian…

Stephen Sondheim Biography

Stephen Sondheimlyricist, composerBorn: 3/22/1930Birthplace: New York City Pulitzer Prize-, Tony and Academy Award-winning lyricist and composer known for his successful, sophisticated Broadway…

Stephen Chao Biography

Stephen Chaomovie producer, TV executive After graduating from Harvard University in 1977 with a degree in classics, Chao became a reporter for the National Enquirer. He received an MBA from…

Harold Stephen Black

Harold Stephen Black Born: 1898Birthplace: Leominster, Mass. Negative feedback amplifier—Black's negative feedback concept involved feeding systems output back to the input as a method of…

M. Stephen Heilman

M. Stephen HeilmanBorn: 1933Birthplace: Tarentum, Pa. Implantable defibrillator—Heilman, Langer, Mower, and Mirowski: This team of doctors developed the implantable defibrillator, an…

Stephen Frears Biography

Stephen FrearsdirectorBorn: 6/20/1941Birthplace: Leicester, England Known for his mordant sense of humor, he became a leading director of the 1980s with a string of critical successes including My…

Stephen Fry Biography

Stephen Fryactor, writerBorn: 8/24/1957Birthplace: London, England Fry first came to the attention of American audiences in A Fish Called Wanda (1988), then with his portrayal of the butler Jeeves in…

Glover, Jose

(Encyclopedia) Glover, JoseGlover, Joseglŭvˈər [key], d. 1638, English nonconformist minister, generally considered the father of printing in the English colonies of North America. He visited New…

Szechenyi, Count Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Szechenyi, Count StephenSzechenyi, Count Stephensāˈchĕnyē [key], Hung. Széchenyi István, 1791–1860, Hungarian politician. Influenced by his studies in England, he championed the…

Bigod, Hugh, 1st earl of Norfolk

(Encyclopedia) Bigod, Hugh, 1st earl of NorfolkBigod, Hugh, 1st earl of Norfolkbīˈgŏd, nôrˈfək [key], d. 1177, English nobleman. He was instrumental in securing the throne for Stephen in 1135, but he…