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Elsa Barker: When I am dead and Sister to the Dust
When I am dead and Sister to the DustElsa BarkerWhen I am dead and sister to the dust; When no more avidly I drink the wine Of human love; when the pale Proserpine Has covered me with…Jewish Holidays, 2010-2030 (A.M. 5770-5791)
Here are the dates of the most important Jewish holidays through 2030. These holidays move in the Western (Gregorian) calendar year since the Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, instead of just…sideband
(Encyclopedia) sideband, any frequency component of a modulated carrier wave other than the frequency of the carrier wave itself, i.e., any frequency added to the carrier as a result of modulation;…Keller, Gottfried
(Encyclopedia) Keller, GottfriedKeller, Gottfriedgôtˈfrēt [key], 1819–90, Swiss novelist, poet, and short-story writer. His vital, realistic, and purposeful fiction gives him a high place among 19th-…Natsume Soseki
(Encyclopedia) Natsume SosekiNatsume Sosekinäˈts&oomacr;ˈmĕ sōˈsĕˈkē [key], 1867–1916, Japanese writer. Soseki ranks along with Mori Ogai as one of two giants of early modern Japanese letters.…Clark, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Clark, Walter, 1846–1924, American jurist, b. Halifax co., N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina (A.B., 1864; A.M., 1867). He entered the Confederate army at 15 and was commended for…Bry, Théodore de
(Encyclopedia) Bry, Théodore deBry, Théodore detēōdôrˈ də brē, brī [key], 1528–98, Flemish engraver and publisher, b. Liège. He spent most of his life in Frankfurt-am-Main. He visited London, where…Viebig, Clara
(Encyclopedia) Viebig, ClaraViebig, Clarakläˈrä fēˈbĭkh [key], 1860–1952, German novelist of the naturalist school. A skillful and sympathetic portrayer of working-class women, she wrote many novels…Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus
(Encyclopedia) Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus, 1907–97, Scottish biochemist, Ph.D., Univ. of Frankfurt am Main, 1931; Oxford, 1933. Todd held posts at Edinburgh Univ. (1934–36), the Lister Institute of…Schlesinger, James Rodney
(Encyclopedia) Schlesinger, James Rodney, 1929–2014, U.S. secretary of defense (1973–75) and secretary of energy (1977–79), b. New York City. After graduating from Harvard (A.B., 1950; A.M., 1952; Ph…Trending
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