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Kagan, Elena
(Encyclopedia) Kagan, Elena, 1960–, U.S. educator, government official, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2010–), b. New York City, grad. Princeton (A.B., 1981), Oxford (M.Phil., 1983…McCourt, Frank
(Encyclopedia) McCourt, Frank, 1930–2009, Irish-American memoirist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. When McCourt was four his immigrant family returned to Ireland. He dropped out of school at 13 and had saved…New England Primer
(Encyclopedia) New England Primer, famous American school book, first published before 1690. Its compiler was Benjamin Harris, an English printer who emigrated to Boston. This was the book from which…Mott, Frank Luther
(Encyclopedia) Mott, Frank Luther, 1886–1964, American author and professor of journalism, b. near What Cheer, Iowa. He directed (1927–42) the school of journalism at the State Univ. of Iowa and was…Macchiaioli, I
(Encyclopedia) Macchiaioli, IMacchiaioli, Iē mäk-kēīôˈlē [key], a group of Italian artists active primarily in Florence c.1855–65. Influenced by members of the Barbizon school, the Macchiaioli…Lincoln University
(Encyclopedia) Lincoln University. 1 At Jefferson City, Mo.; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; founded 1866 as Lincoln Institute. The school was established for the education of freed…Martin, Homer Dodge
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836–97, American landscape painter, b. Albany, N.Y. His earlier works are in the style of the Hudson River school, but after his stay in France (1881–86) his work…Cooper, Myles
(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Myles, 1737?–1785, 2d president of King's College (now Columbia Univ.), b. England, educated at Oxford. He was ordained a priest in 1761 and went to King's College (1762) as…Chrysippus
(Encyclopedia) ChrysippusChrysippuskrĭsˈĭpəs [key], c.280–c.207 b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher, b. Soli, Cilicia. He was a disciple of Cleanthes and succeeded him as head of the Academy in Athens.…Doisy, Edward Adelbert
(Encyclopedia) Doisy, Edward AdelbertDoisy, Edward Adelbertdoiˈzē [key], 1893–1986, American biochemist, b. Hume, Ill., grad. Univ. of Illinois (B.A., 1914), Ph.D. Harvard, 1920. For his discovery of…Trending
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