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Wilson, Colin
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Colin, 1931–2013, English writer, b. Leicester. Born into a working-class family and largely self-educated, Wilson in many of his books exhorts humankind to expand its powers…de Bary, Wm. Theodore
(Encyclopedia) de Bary, Wm. Theodorede Bary, Wm. Theodoredə [key]de Bary, Wm. Theodorebăˈrē [key], 1919–2017, American scholar of Asian cultures, b. Bronx, N.Y., as William Theodore De Bary (he…Wiesel, Elie
(Encyclopedia) Wiesel, Elie, 1928–2016, American writer, writing in French, b. Sighet, Romania. In 1944 the Nazis imprisoned him and his family at Auschwitz, an extermination camp, where his mother…N. Scott Momaday
(Encyclopedia) N. Scott Momaday (Navarre Scott Momaday), 1934–2024, American writer whose works are reflective of his Kiowa culture, b. Lawton, Okla.,…Meitner, Lise
(Encyclopedia) Meitner, LiseMeitner, Liselēˈzə mītˈnər [key], 1878–1968, Austrian-Swedish physicist and mathematician. She was professor at the Univ. of Berlin (1926–33). A refugee from Germany after…Daubigny, Charles-François
(Encyclopedia) Daubigny, Charles-FrançoisDaubigny, Charles-Françoisshärl-fräNswäˈ dōbēnyēˈ [key], 1817–78, French landscape painter. He went to Italy early in life and later studied in Paris with…Sand Creek
(Encyclopedia) Sand Creek, Colorado, site of a massacre (1864) of Cheyenne by Col. John M. Chivington and his Colorado Volunteers. The Cheyennes, led by Black Kettle, had offered to make peace and,…Gary, Romain
(Encyclopedia) Gary, RomainGary, RomainrōmăNˈ gĕrēˈ [key], 1914–80, French novelist, b. Vilna (now Vilnius), of Russian parentage, as Romain Kacew. In France after 1928, he fought in World War II and…Dewey, George
(Encyclopedia) Dewey, GeorgeDewey, Georged&oomacr;ˈē, dy&oomacr;ˈ– [key], 1837–1917, American admiral, hero of the battle of Manila, b. Montpelier, Vt., grad. Annapolis, 1858. He saw active…Barzun, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Barzun, JacquesBarzun, Jacqueszhäk bärˈzən [key], 1907–2012, American writer, educator, and historian, b. Créteil, France, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1927; Ph.D., 1932). Barzun moved to the…Trending
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