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Cole, Natalie

(Encyclopedia) Cole, Natalie: see under Cole, Nat “King.”

Cole, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Cole, Thomas, 1801–48, American landscape painter, b. England. He arrived in the United States in 1818 and moved to Ohio, where he was impressed by the beauty of the countryside. In…

Cole, Timothy

(Encyclopedia) Cole, Timothy, 1852–1931, American wood engraver, b. London. He came to the United States as a child. Cole learned his trade in Chicago and later moved to New York, where in 1873 he…

Coleman, James S.

(Encyclopedia) Coleman, James S., 1926–95, American sociologist, b. Bedford, Ind. A graduate of Columbia (Ph.D., 1955), where he was influenced by Paul Lazarsfeld, Coleman achieved recognition with…

Albert I, Holy Roman Emperor

(Encyclopedia) Albert I, c.1250–1308, Holy Roman Emperor (1298–1308), son of Rudolf I. Albert was invested with Austria and Styria in 1282 by his father, who also hoped to secure the succession as…

Coleman, Ornette

(Encyclopedia) Coleman, Ornette, 1930–2015, African-American saxophonist and composer, b. Fort Worth, Tex. Largely self-taught, he began playing the alto saxophone in rhythm-and-blues bands. He later…

Coleman, William Thaddeus, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Coleman, William Thaddeus, Jr., 1920–2017, African-American lawyer and U.S. cabinet official, b. Philadelphia, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1941, Harvard Law School, 1946. He clerked…

Coleraine

(Encyclopedia) Coleraine Coleraine kōlrānˈ [key], town and district, N Northern Ireland, near the mouth of the Bann…

Coleridge, Hartley

(Encyclopedia) Coleridge, HartleyColeridge, Hartleykōlˈrĭj, kōˈlə– [key], 1796–1849, English author; eldest son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Reared in the household of the poet Southey after the…

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

(Encyclopedia) Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772–1834, English poet and man of letters, b. Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire; one of the most brilliant, versatile, and influential figures in the English…