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Price, Reynolds
(Encyclopedia) Price, Reynolds (Edward Reynolds Price), 1933–2011, American writer, b. Macon, N.C., grad. Duke Univ. (A.B., 1955), Oxford (B.Litt., 1958). He began teaching at Duke in 1958 and…John Climax, Saint
(Encyclopedia) John Climax, Saint [Gr.,=ladder], d. c.649, Syrian hermit of Mt. Sinai. Little is known of his life, but his guide to the spiritual life in 30 steps, The Ladder of Paradise, was widely…Nilsson, Lennart
(Encyclopedia) Nilsson, LennartNilsson, Lennartlĕnˈnärt nĭlˈsôn [key], 1922–2017, Swedish photographer who made pioneering microphotographs of embryos and the human body. Nilsson began his career as…Philostratus
(Encyclopedia) Philostratus (Flavius Philostratus)Philostratusfĭlŏsˈtrətəs; flāˈvēəs [key], fl. c.217, Greek Sophist. From a famous literary family in Lemnos, he settled in Athens in later life. His…Heda, Willem Claasz
(Encyclopedia) Heda, Willem ClaaszHeda, Willem Claaszvĭlˈəm kläs hāˈdä [key], 1594–c.1678, Dutch still-life painter. His excellent studies of tables laden with food, called ontbijt [breakfast piece]…Alcestis
(Encyclopedia) AlcestisAlcestisălsĕsˈtĭs [key], in Greek mythology, daughter of Pelias. She was won in marriage by Admetus, who fulfilled her father's condition that her suitor come for her in a…biology
(Encyclopedia) biology, the science that deals with living things. It is broadly divided into zoology, the study of animal life, and botany, the study of plant life. Subdivisions of each of these…Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)
(Encyclopedia) Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)găsˈkəl [key], 1810–65, English novelist. When she was still an infant her mother died, and she was…Erskine, John, American educator, author, and musician
(Encyclopedia) Erskine, John, 1879–1951, American educator, author, and musician, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1900; Ph.D., 1903). He taught first at Amherst (1903–9) and then at Columbia…Burton, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Burton, Robert, 1577–1640, English clergyman and scholar, b. Leicestershire, educated at Oxford. He served as librarian at Christ Church, Oxford, all his life; in addition he was vicar…Trending
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