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Flag Day
Flag Day anniversary of the adoption of the American flag in 1777. It is celebrated on June 14 but is not a legal holiday. ... Read more
Lorenzo Bartolini
Lorenzo Bartolini , 1777-1850, Italian neoclassical sculptor, studied in Florence and Paris. His most imposing creation is the Niccolò Demidoff monument in Florence. Napoleon commissioned many works from him. Among these was a colossal portrait bust of the emperor (Bastia). ... Read more
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell 1777-1844, Scottish poet. He is best known for his war poems "Hohenlinden," "The Battle of the Baltic," and "Ye Mariners of England." Among his other volumes of poetry are The Pleasure of Hope (1799), Gertrude of Wyoming (1809); and Theodric (1824). ... Read more
Clara Reeve
Clara Reeve , 1729-1807, English novelist. Her most famous work, The Champion of Virtue: A Gothic Story (1777), was written in imitation of Walpole's Castle of Otranto. After the first edition it was entitled The Old English Baron. ... Read more
Thomas Tyrwhitt
Thomas Tyrwhitt , 1730-86, English scholar. He was noted for his studies of Shakespeare (1766) and for his edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (5 vol., 1775-78). Tyrwhitt revealed in 1777 that the "Rowley Poems" were not actually Middle English poems, but a fabrication by young Thomas Chatte... Read more
Thomas Conway
Thomas Conway 1735-1800?, general in the Continental army in the American Revolution, b. Ireland. Educated in France, he was an officer in the French army before coming (1777) to America. He fought valiantly as a leader of colonial forces at Germantown, but George Washington attempted to block his ... Read more
battle of the Brandywine
battle of the Brandywine in the American Revolution, fought Sept. 11, 1777, along Brandywine Creek. The creek, formed by two small branches in SE Pennsylvania, flows southeast to join, near Wilmington, Del., the Christina River, which empties into the Delaware. The British under Sir William Howe we... Read more
Green Mountain Boys
Green Mountain Boys popular name of armed bands formed (c.1770) under the auspices of Ethan Allen in the Green Mountains of what is today Vermont. Their purpose was to prevent the New Hampshire Grants , as Vermont was then known, from becoming part of New York, to which it had been awarded by th... Read more
Seth Warner
Seth Warner 1743-84, hero of the American Revolution, b. Roxbury, Conn. One of the group who, under Ethan Allen , resisted the New York claim to the New Hampshire Grants (now Vermont), he was outlawed by New York authorities. He became a leader of the Green Mountain Boys , and in May, 1775, he ga... Read more
Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron
Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron , 1777-1835, French surgeon. As professor at the Hôtel Dieu, Paris, from 1812, he was noted as diagnostician, lecturer, and surgeon. He wrote on surgery, described a fracture of the fibula and a contraction of the hand that bear his name, and founded the chair of pat... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "1777"

New York Constitution of 1777
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law NEW YORK CONSTITUTION OF 1777 The first constitution of the state of New York was adopted on Sunday, April 20, 1777, at Kingston, New York, by a convention...convention. The New York Constitution of 1777 was framed amidst the chaos of the Revolutionary...
Bartram, John (1699–1777), botanist, father of William (1739–1823)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Bartram, John (1699–1777), botanist, father of William (1739–1823), naturalist...his father's footsteps by spending four years (1773–1777) exploring the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida with the financial...
Geoffrin, Marie-Thérèse (Marie-Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin; 1699–1777)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...se Rodet Geoffrin; 1699 – 1777) GEOFFRIN, MARIE-TH É R...se Rodet Geoffrin; 1699 – 1777), French Enlightenment salonni è...discourse of the French Enlightenment. By 1777, her daughter, Mme Fert é -Imbault...
Haller, Albrecht Von (1708–1777)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World HALLER, ALBRECHT VON (1708 – 1777) HALLER, ALBRECHT VON (1708 – 1777), Swiss physician, anatomist, and poet. Haller was born in Bern, Switzerland, the youngest son of a lawyer. He began his medical studies in T...
Benedict Arnold
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...brigadier general. The winter of 1776-1777 was an unhappy one for Arnold. His hot...more. Worse yet, Congress in February 1777 promoted five brigadier generals, all...moved him to resign his commission in July 1777. Once again Washington pleaded with him...
John Burgoyne
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...his surrender to the American forces in 1777. The son of a British army captain, John...he generally enjoyed royal favor until 1777. In Commons he spoke frequently and showed...invading New York from Canada. In March 1777 he was named commander of an invasion force...
Washington, George
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...on December 25, 1776. On January 3, 1777, Washington's troops defeated the British...colonial morale, and by the spring of 1777, more than eight thousand new soldiers...The tide turned, however, in September 1777, when Washington unsuccessfully tried...
American Independence, War of (1775–1783)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Jersey (26 December 1776 and 3 January 1777). The major outcome of this phase was...defeat and capture at Saratoga (17 October 1777), in upstate New York, of a British...from Washington's forces (26 September 1777). Howe's successor, Sir Henry Clinton...
Burgoyne, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...sent to Canada the following spring. In 1777 he was made commander‐in...the battle at Bemis Heights (Sept. 24, 1777), where Gates met him with an army three...surrendered to Gates at Saratoga (Oct. 17, 1777). In Boston, Burgoyne wrote The Blockade...
John Hancock
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Hancock resigned as president in October 1777, pleading ill health. Meanwhile, Hancock...undistinguished. Hancock was embarrassed in 1777, when Harvard College sought to regain...forced to surrender £ 16, 000 in 1777. In 1785 Hancock admitted that he still...

Dictionary entries related to "1777"

Life at Valley Forge (1777–1778, by Albigence Waldo)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History LIFE AT VALLEY FORGE (1777 – 1778, by Albigence Waldo...at Valley Forge, Pa., on 19 December 1777. The winter was a difficult one, and...University See also Valley Forge . Dec. 12th [1777]. — A Bridge of Waggons made...
A Soldier's Love Letter (8 June 1777, by Alexander Scammell)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History A SOLDIER'S LOVE LETTER (8 June 1777, by Alexander Scammell) Alexander Scammell...American: Military History . June 8 th 1777. My Dearest Naby. After a very severe...Father & Mother — June 23 d 1777. I congratulate you upon the Cause of...
Revolutionary War, American
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...defeated the British at Princeton in January 1777. Washington was less successful later...Gen. Howe at Brandywine (September 11, 1777). Howe then occupied Philadelphia and...Washington at Germantown (October 4, 1777). Meanwhile, British forces under Gen...
Bucquet, Jean-Baptiste Michel
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...natural history and chemistry. From 1775 to 1777, Bucquet was professor of pharmacy at...his first public course in chemistry in 1777. He continued the chemistry courses he...hygiene, and medicine. In February 1777 Bucquet was elected associate of the Soci...
Mifflin, Thomas
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...and at Trenton (both 1776) and Princeton (1777), rising to the rank of major general in February 1777. Mifflin served a second, less successful...the army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777–78. From November 1777 to April...
Divertimenti by Mozart
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...1776, wind), B♭ (K254, 1776, pf. trio), B♭ (K270, 1777, wind), B♭ (K287, 1777, 2 hn., str.), F major (K288, 1777 (fragment) wind., str.), E♭ (K289, 1777, wind), D major...
Irvine, James
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...a brigade at the battle of Germantown (1777), and it was on his advice that Gen...took up winter quarters at Valley Forge (1777–78). He was wounded and captured...during a skirmish against British forces in 1777 and not released until 1781.
Princeton, Battle of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...BATTLE OF PRINCETON, BATTLE OF (3 January 1777). Leaving three regiments at Princeton...Delaware River near sunset on 2 January 1777 to avenge George Washington's defeat...Campaign of Princeton, 1776 – 1777. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University...
West Point
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...of the Hudson River defenses in October 1777, when in a fortnight Gen. Henry Clinton...in the British plans of campaign after 1777. Except for the British capture of Stony...created by act of Congress, 20 June 1777, was transferred four years later to West...
Hopkins, Samuel
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Washington early in the conflict. Hopkins participated in the battles of Trenton (1776), Princeton (1777), Brandywine (1777), Germantown (1777), and Monmouth (1778). During the War of 1812 , as commander in chief of the western frontier...

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BioCryst Receives Orphan Drug Designation for BCX-1777.
PR Newswire; 2/5/2004; 700+ words ; ...FDA) granted orphan drug status to BCX-1777, the Company's purine nucleoside phosphorylase...includes cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. BCX-1777, which functions by blocking the T-cell...initiate Phase II clinical trials for BCX-1777 in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma...
BioCryst Reviews Results of BCX-1777 Phase I Study in Aggressive T-Cell Malignancies and Provides Update on Clinical Progress.
PR Newswire; 12/8/2003; 700+ words ; ...of a Phase I study of intravenous BCX-1777 in aggressive T-cell malignancies were...centers to report clinical data. BCX-1777 is a selective and potent inhibitor of...Patients received multiple cycles of BCX-1777 with intermittent 5 day dosing periods...
PNP inhibitor BCX-1777 use reduces leukemic T cells.
Newspaper article from: Drug Week; 5/14/2004; 700+ words ; ...to benefit from a PNP inhibitor. BCX-1777 is a transition state inhibitor of PNP...cell death in these cell types. BCX-1777 is being tested in several Phase I and...Phase I/II study of intravenous BCX-1777 in refractory T-cell malignancies, a...
BCX-1777 in treating patients with refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. (Clinical Trial Review).
Magazine article from: Journal of Drugs in Dermatology; 8/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...BioCryst Pharmaceuticals RATIONALE: BCX-1777 may stop the growth of cancer cells by...trial to study the effectiveness BCX-1777 in treating patients who have refractory...cutaneous T-cell lymphoma Drug: BCX--1777 Phase I stage I cutaneous Procedure: enzyme...
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase II Clinical Trial of BCX-1777 in T-Cell Leukemia.
PR Newswire; 3/31/2004; 700+ words ; ...been dosed in its Phase IIa trial of BCX-1777, the Company's purine nucleoside phosphorylase...efficacy of long-term dosing with BCX-1777. The trial will be divided into two parts...made such substantial progress with BCX-1777 in such a short time, and this is a very...
Orphan drug designation granted by FDA for BCX-1777.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 3/3/2004; 618 words ; ...FDA) granted orphan drug status to BCX-1777, the company's purine nucleoside phosphorylase...includes cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. BCX-1777, which functions by blocking the T-cell...initiate phase II clinical trials for BCX-1777 in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma...
The Flockey, 13 August 1777, the defeat of the tory uprising in the Schoharie Valley & Rebellion In The Mohawk Valley, The St. Leger Expedition Of 1777. (Two Related Reviews).
Magazine article from: The Loyalist Gazette; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; The Flockey, 13 August 1777, the defeat of the tory uprising in the...Valley, The St. Leger Expedition Of 1777 Author: Gavin K. Watt, research assistance...James Morrison's The British Campaign of 1777 was reviewed. Now, less than a year...
Results of BCX-1777 phase I study reviewed.
Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly; 1/8/2004; 598 words ; ...of a phase I study of intravenous BCX-1777 in aggressive T-cell malignancies were...centers to report clinical data. BCX-1777 is a selective and potent inhibitor of...Patients received multiple cycles of BCX-1777 with intermittent 5 day dosing periods...
Historic sites commemorate decisive events of 1777
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/27/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates Oct. 17, 1777. Then, underneath in smaller letters...Valley. The commemorations of the events of 1777 are likely to benefit from the wave of...Point before heading south in the summer of 1777. The ruins of the British-built stone...
Phase II trial of BCX-1777 initiated in T cell leukemia.
Newspaper article from: Drug Week; 4/30/2004; 700+ words ; ...been dosed in its phase IIa trial of BCX-1777, the company's purine nucleoside phosphorylase...efficacy of long-term dosing with BCX-1777. The trial will be divided into two parts...made such substantial progress with BCX-1777 in such a short time, and this is a very...