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Brown, Elmer Ellsworth

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Elmer Ellsworth, 1861–1934, American educator, b. Chautauqua co., N.Y., grad. Illinois State Normal Univ., 1881, and studied at the Univ. of Michigan and in Germany. He taught…

Whipple, George Hoyt

(Encyclopedia) Whipple, George Hoyt, 1878–1976, American pathologist, b. Ashland, N.H., M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1905. He taught at Johns Hopkins (1909–14) and at the Univ. of California (1914–21) and was…

Provensen, Alice

(Encyclopedia) Provensen, Alice, 1918–2018, b. Chicago as Alice Rose Twitchell, and Martin ProvensenProvensen, Alice,prōˈvĕnsĕn [key], 1916–87, b. Chicago, American children's book authors and…

Daniel Petrie 2004 Deaths

Daniel PetrieAge: 83 film and television director whose films include A Raisin in the Sun and Resurrection. Died: Los Angeles, Aug. 22, 2004Robert PastorelliM - QWilliam Pickering

hooks, bell

(Encyclopedia) hooks, bell, 1952–2021, American author, poet, social critic, and Black feminist, b. Hopkinsville, Ky., as Gloria Jean Watkins, Stanford…

Irvine, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Irvine Irvine ûrˈvīn [key], city (2020 pop. 307,670), Orange co., SW Calif.; inc. 1971. Its…

Huntington Beach

(Encyclopedia) Huntington Beach, city (2020 pop. 198,711), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-…

Costa Mesa

(Encyclopedia) Costa Mesa Costa Mesa kŏsˈtə māˈsə [key], city (2020 pop. 111,918), Orange co., S Calif., on the…

John Fiedler 2005 Deaths

John FiedlerAge: 80 actor best known for providing the voice to Piglet in the Winnie-the-Pooh movies. He also appeared in Broadway's A Raisin in the Sun and the film Twelve Angry Men. Died:…

Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar

(Encyclopedia) Hilgard, Eugene WoldemarHilgard, Eugene Woldemarhĭlˈgärd [key], 1833–1916, American agricultural chemist and geologist, Ph.D. Univ. of Heidelberg, 1853. Born in Germany, he was brought…