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hawthorn
hawthorn any species of the genus Crataegus of the family Rosaceae ( rose family), shrubs and trees widely distributed in north temperate climates and especially common in E North America. They usually have thorns, clusters of white (rarely rose-colored) flowers in the spring, and colorful orang... Read more
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-64, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Salem, Mass., one of the great masters of American fiction. His novels and tales are penetrating explorations of moral and spiritual conflicts. Early Life and Works Descended from a prominent Puritan family, Hawthor... Read more
George Parsons Lathrop
George Parsons Lathrop , 1851-98, American author, b. near Honolulu; studied in Germany (1867-70). He was the husband of Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Lathrop wrote A Study of Hawthorne (1876), edited the Riverside edition of Hawthorne's works (1883), and adapted Haw... Read more
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Felix Octavius Carr Darley 1822-88, American illustrator, lithographer, and painter, b. Philadelphia. He is best known for his pen-and-ink drawings, which, for their inventiveness, versatility, vigorous style, and technical facility, placed him in the front rank of American illustrators. He illustr... Read more
mayflower
mayflower in botany, name for several spring-blooming plants. In England the hawthorn is called mayflower, or may; in North America the name is used for the trailing arbutus , the hepatica , and an herb ( Maianthemum canadense ) of the family Liliaceae ( lily family). The latter, a common wild... Read more
mayflower
mayflower in botany, name for several spring-blooming plants. In England the hawthorn is called mayflower, or may; in North America the name is used for the trailing arbutus , the hepatica , and an herb ( Maianthemum canadense ) of the family Liliaceae ( lily family). The latter, a common wild... Read more
thorn
thorn sharp-pointed projection on some plants, usually protective in function. Botanically, thorns are distinguished as modified stems (as in the honey locust and hawthorn) from spines, which are modified leaves (as in the barberry), and from prickles, which are epidermal outgrowths of the bark (as... Read more
George Edward Woodberry
George Edward Woodberry 1855-1930, American poet, critic, and teacher, b. Beverly, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1877. He was professor of English at the Univ. of Nebraska (1880-82) and at Columbia (1891-1904). Typical of his work as a minor poet is The Ideal Passion: Sonnets (1917). Besides much literar... Read more
blackthorn
blackthorn or sloe, low, spreading, thorny bush or small tree ( Prunus spinosa ) of the plum genus of the family Rosaceae ( rose family), having black bark, white flowers, and deep blue fruits, usually rather acrid and not much larger than peas. Native to the Mediterranean area, the blackthorn... Read more
Walter Crane
Walter Crane 1845-1915, English designer, illustrator, and painter. As a painter he is grouped with the later Pre-Raphaelites, but he is better known for his illustrations of the works of Spenser and of Hawthorne's Wonder Book and Grimm's Fairy Tales. Seeking with William Morris to ally art w... Read more

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Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Rose Hawthorne Lathrop 1851-1926, American nun...writer; youngest daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In 1871 she married George Parsons...the same purpose Rosary Hill Home at Hawthorne, N.Y. She took religious orders after...
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Nathaniel Hawthorne Born: July 4, 1804 Salem, Massachusetts...of American fiction writer Nathaniel Hawthorne was based on the history of his Puritan...and the New England of his own day. Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and The House...
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Nathaniel Hawthorne The work of American fiction writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was based on the history of his...blackness, " has universal significance. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Mass., on July 4, 1804...
Hawthorne, Julian
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Hawthorne, Julian (1846–1934), son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, was educated in the U.S. and abroad, and spent...addition to such books on his family as Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife (1884) and Hawthorne and His Circle...
Hawthorne Effect
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health HAWTHORNE EFFECT The effect on a person's or...being under observation is called the "hawthorne effect." It is commonly positive or...General Electric manufacturing plant in Hawthorne, Illinois, where the effect was first...
Hawthorne
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Hawthorne 1 City (1990 pop. 71,349), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb...Angeles; inc. 1922. Located in an oil- and gas-producing area, Hawthorne manufactures navigation systems, solar panels, electronic components...
George Parsons Lathrop
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...near Honolulu; studied in Germany (1867-70). He was the husband of Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Lathrop wrote A Study of Hawthorne (1876), edited the Riverside edition of Hawthorne's works (1883), and...
Behavioral Science Movement
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed. ...Mayo and his associates through the famous Hawthorne studies. Efficiency experts at the Hawthorne, Illinois, plant of Western Electric designed...at maximum capacity. Yet by the time the Hawthorne studies were completed ten years later...
Guiding Spirits
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...his prompt obedience to the wise Daimon's directions." The novelist Julian Hawthorne writes of his mother, the wife of Nathaniel Hawthorne, in Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife (1884): "My mother always affirmed that she was conscious of...
Hospice in Historical Perspective
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...care units. In the United States, Rose Hawthorne had experienced the death of a child...order known as the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne. They established St. Rose's Hospice...Jeanne Garnier, Mary Aikenhead, and Rose Hawthorne shared a common purpose in their concern...

Dictionary entries related to "Hawthorne,"

Hawthorne studies
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology Hawthorne studies The experiments which inspired...increased productivity . The term ‘Hawthorne effect’ is now widely used...point to methodological defects in the Hawthorne experiments and question the key conclusion...
Neal, Patricia
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Quiet on the Western Front (Delbert Mann—for TV) (as Paul's mother) 1981 Ghost Story (Irvin) (as Stella Hawthorne) 1984 Glitter (Beaumont—for TV); Love Leads the Way (Delbert Mann—for TV); Shattered Vows...
Sutherland, Donald
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Kuzui) (as Merrick); The Railway Station Man (Whyte—for TV) (as Roger Hawthorne); Quicksand: No Escape (Pressman—for TV) 1993 Benefit of the Doubt (Heap) (as Frank); Shadow of the...
Taylor, Elizabeth
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Nationality: British. Born: Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor in London of American parents, 27 February 1932. Education: Attended the Hawthorne School, Beverly Hills, California; MGM studio school; University High School, Hollywood, graduated 1950. Family: Married...
Terry-Thomas
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1963 The Mouse on the Moon (Lester) (as Spender); It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Kramer) (as J. Algernon Hawthorne); The Wild Affair (Krish) (as Godfrey Deane) 1964 Strange Bedfellows (Frank) (as Assistant Mortician); How to Murder...
non-participant observation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology ...people to behave differently, thus invalidating the data obtained, as for example in the famous case of the so-called Hawthorne effect. To overcome this, researchers normally observe a number of similar situations, over a period of time. Although...
Brook Farm
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and personal self-improvement, drew support from influential transcendentalists like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne (who based The Blithedale Romance on his time at Brook Farm), and began a well-regarded school that taught students ranging...
Huntington Library and Museum
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...land grants; and papers, letters, and documents of such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, and Henry James. The library also houses a collection of over...
Quick
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Quick those who are alive; live plants collectively . especially hawthorne; of ten used in the phrase the quick and the dead.
Curse
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...xE9; t, 442] Maule, Matthew about to be executed as a wizard, laid a bloody doom on the Pyncheons. [Am. Lit.: Hawthorne The House of the Seven Gables ] Melmoth the Wanderer doomed by a curse to roam the earth for 150 years after his death...

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Hawthorne and Women, Engendering and Expanding the Hawthorne Tradition. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Humanities; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Idol and Melinda M. Ponder, editors. Hawthorne and Women, Engendering and Expanding the Hawthorne Tradition. University of Massachusetts...Cloth $60.00. Paper $19.95. In Hawthorne and Women, five groups of essays look...
Hawthorne throws helmet in ring
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/13/2004; ; 700+ words ; Hawthorne throws helmet in ring Corner says he...May 13, 2004 Green Bay -- Michael Hawthorne talks big. Thinks big. And insists...McKenize's shoes is a large order, Hawthorne believes he could be the man to do it...
HAWTHORNE'S 200TH SPURS A SECOND LOOK SALEM STATE PLANS PANEL DISCUSSION
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/29/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Hester Prynne would think about Nathaniel Hawthorne's views on slavery. Probably not much. The heroine of Hawthorne's morality novel "The Scarlet Letter...introduction to "The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne wrote about the guilt he felt, years...
Hawthorne not comfy in back seat; Corner just wants to play
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/23/2004; ; 700+ words ; Hawthorne not comfy in back seat Corner just wants...Thomas has upside, as well. Michael Hawthorne's not blind and sees all this unfolding...contribute to the success of the team," Hawthorne insisted. "And if it allows me to continue...
Hawthorne Establishes European Market Presence.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 2/20/2008; 700+ words ; ...Feb 20, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Hawthorne Gold Corp. ( Hawthorne or the Company ) (TSX VENTURE:HGC)(WKN...provide investor relations and advisory services to Hawthorne that will focus on providing corporate information...
Hawthorne's Virtual Salem
Magazine article from: Humanities; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...bygone days," writes Nathaniel Hawthorne at the end of "The Custom House Sketch." Two hundred years W after Hawthorne's birth, audiences now have a...scribbler" from New England. The Hawthorne in Salem website has been developed...
Hawthorne Further Consolidates Cassiar Gold Camp; Stakes 39,000 Hectares (Approx. 96,000 Acres).
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 3/25/2008; 700+ words ; ...Mar 25, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Hawthorne Gold Corp. ( Hawthorne ) (TSX VENTURE:HGC)(WKN:A0M55U) and Cusac...CQC)(OTCBB:CUSIF) are pleased to announce Hawthorne has staked approximately 39,000 hectares (approx...
Hawthorne of Charleston, S.C., Merges Aviation Unit into New Business.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/27/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Tribune Business News Jul. 28--Hawthorne Corp. of Charleston has folded its 66...The newly created company is Piedmont Hawthorne Holdings Inc., which comprises five...headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C. Hawthorne is a minority owner. The deal, which...
Hawthorne's transplanting and transforming "The Tell-Tale Heart". (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Magazine article from: Studies in American Fiction; 9/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The House of the Seven Gables...1) a reader may therefore wonder if Hawthorne's preceding novel, The Scarlet Letter...Ripley noted several parallels between Hawthorne and Poe: "the same terrible excitement...
HAWTHORNE'S CHANCE TO GRAB THE SPOTLIGHT WITH UW MENTOR WENDELL BRYANT GONE, IT'S ANTTAJ HAWTHORNE'S TIME TO SHINE.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 8/10/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Wisconsin sophomore defensive tackle Anttaj Hawthorne is intimately familiar with the Wendell Bryant story. Hawthorne is aware how the story begins, with...Cardinals last spring. The development of Hawthorne, a highly touted prospect from Hamden...