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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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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...
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, 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...
Melville, Herman
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...formed a friendship with his neighbor Hawthorne, who became his confidant after he outgrew...x2010;Dick (1851), was dedicated to Hawthorne, and it is worth noting that the tortured...1852) was published at the same time as Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance, since both deal...
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...

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...
Human Relations Movement
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology ...initially developed out of the so-called Hawthorne experiments (or studies) which were...interpretation of the results of the Hawthorne studies which does not wholly coincide...most famous of these is the so-called Hawthorne Effect, in which the very act of setting...
Scarlet Letter, The
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...SCARLET LETTER, THE. Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850, the year in which...England, and Puritans in the Boston of Hawthorne's story were attempting to label Hester...ed. A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Oxford: Oxford University Press...
unintended or unanticipated consequences
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology ...somewhat similar example of the unintended is provided by the Hawthorne Studies , where the presence of the researchers inadvertently...were studying, a phenomenon since designated the ‘Hawthorne effect’. According to Robert Merton ( Social Theory...
Concealment
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...finds the concealed deed to the land. [Am. Lit.: Hawthorne The House of the Seven Gables ] Hooper, Parson wears...a symbol of secret sorrow and sin. [Am. Lit.: Hawthorne “ The Minister ’ s Black Veil...
Cotten, Joseph
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Detective); From the Earth to the Moon (Haskin) (as Victor Barbicane) 1960 The Angel Wore Red (Nunnally Johnson) (as Hawthorne) 1961 The Last Sunset (Aldrich) (as John Breckenridge); The Karma (for U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare...
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...
Artists' Colonies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...movement in outdoor painting. William Merritt Chase's art school in Long Island, New York (founded 1891) and Charles Hawthorne's Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts (founded 1896) both emulated the pleinair and Impressionist orientation...
Customs Service, U.S.
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...little work for major American writers like the historian George Bancroft and the novelists Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne, among many others. In the latter instance, one need only read the opening chapter ("The Custom House") of The Scarlet...

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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 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'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'S 200TH SPURS A SECOND LOOK
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 has corner on confidence
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/29/2004; ; 700+ words ; Hawthorne has corner on confidence Wants to start...already perfected the part, Michael Hawthorne would be the ideal Rod Tidwell. The...an entire locker room. And although Hawthorne has never been anything other than a...
Hawthorne's Secret: an Un-Told Tale.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Hollins Critic; 12/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; Hawthorne's Secret: An Un-Told Tale. By Philip...1984. $15.95 (h.b.) Nathaniel Hawthorne in "The Custom-House" introduction...imparted in the story. Philip Young in Hawthorne's Secret claims to have identified...
Hawthorne revealed ; Biography focuses on lesser-known qualities of 19th-century writer
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 7/24/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Portland Press Herald (Maine) 07-24-2005 Hawthorne revealed ; Biography focuses on lesser-known...her biography of 19th-century writer Nathaniel Hawthorne titled "Hawthorne: A Life." WHAT ELSE: Wineapple also will be...
Hawthorne Gold and Cusac Gold Mines Agree to Merge.
M2 Presswire; 11/9/2007; 700+ words ; ...November 2007-Cusac Gold Mines Ltd.: Hawthorne Gold and Cusac Gold Mines Agree to Merge...TSX, CUSIF - OTCBB), ("Cusac") and Hawthorne Gold Corp. (TSX-V: HGC) ("Hawthorne")have entered into a binding Letter Agreement...
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...