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Edward Noyes Westcott
Edward Noyes Westcott 1846-98, American novelist and banker, b. Syracuse, N.Y. He is known for his popular novel, David Harum (pub. posthumously, 1898), which concerns a shrewd, humorous country banker. ... Read more
Alice Adams
Alice Adams 1926-99, American novelist, b. Fredericksburg, Va. Her deftly wry and witty fiction concerns 20th-century domestic and professional life, and usually concentrates on the lives of women in various stages of transition. Adams wrote a total of 11 novels, including Careless Love (1966), ... Read more
Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller 1608-61, English clergyman and author. He was an able preacher and a noted wit. He adhered to the royalist cause during the civil war and the Commonwealth and served briefly as a royal chaplain. He is best known for his posthumously published Worthies of England (1662), an invaluabl... Read more
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key , 1779-1843, American poet, author of the Star-spangled Banner , b. present Carroll co., Md. A lawyer, he was U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia (1833-41). His works include The Power of Literature and Its Connection with Religion (1834) and the posthumous collection Po... Read more
Nachman Krochmal
Nachman Krochmal , 1785-1840, Jewish secular historian and writer, b. Galicia. He was a leader in the movement of the Jewish enlightenment and a pioneer of modern Jewish scholarship. He applied his synthesis of religion and philosophy to the writing and teaching of Jewish history. His most important... Read more
Q. D. Leavis
Q. D. Leavis (Queenie Dorothy Leavis), 1906-81, British literary critic; wife of F. R. Leavis . After studying at Cambridge, she wrote Fiction and the Reading Public (1932), which analyzed the market for different types of fiction among readers). Her essays on Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, and oth... Read more
Lope de Rueda
Lope de Rueda , 1510?-1565, Spanish dramatist. A precursor of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, Rueda was an actor and a manager as well as a playwright. He is said to have created the genre known as pasos (short farces), noted for their use of rustic language and ordinary subjects. One of the... Read more
Thomas Parnell
Thomas Parnell 1679-1718, Irish poet, b. Dublin. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was archdeacon of Clogher from 1706. He was a friend of Pope and Swift and a member of the Scriblerus Club. His poems, published posthumously by Pope, include "The Night-Piece on Death" and "Hymn to Conte... Read more
Roxana
Roxana or Roxane , d. 311 BC, wife of Alexander the Great . She was the daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian baron, and Alexander married her (327) to consolidate his power in Persia. She and Alexander's posthumous son, Alexander IV, were, after Alexander's death, embroiled in the wars of the Diad... Read more
Jones Very
Jones Very 1813-80, American poet, b. Salem, Mass., studied at Harvard Divinity School. His mystical poems express his belief in total surrender to the will of God and his reverence for nature as a symbol of the Divine. Emerson edited Very's Essays and Poems (1839). Posthumous volumes of Very's w... Read more

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Posthumous Child
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law POSTHUMOUS CHILD An infant who is born subsequent...governing descent and distribution, a posthumous child inherits from a deceased parent...order for the infant to be considered a posthumous child. Laws addressing a posthumous...
Posthumous Letters
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Posthumous Letters Many investigators of psychic science, members of the Society...knowledge can only be communicated through his discarnate spirit. A notable posthumous letter from the escapologist Harry Houdini, was a code message apparently...
Hovey, Richard
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...consisting of a masque, a tragedy, and a drama, but in the posthumous collection of fragments The Holy Graal (1907) are only the...at Barnard College. To the End of the Trail (1908) is a posthumous collection of poems.
Ennin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the fact that the bestowal by the court in 866 of the posthumous title of Jikaku Daishi on him and that of Dengyo Daishi on his master Saicho marks the beginning of the custom of posthumous titles in Japan. Further Reading There is a brief discussion...
Thouless, Robert Henry (1894-1984)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...consciousness. This method obviated the objection that a claimed posthumous communication might be read by clairvoyance if left in a sealed...would solve the enciphered message. In the event of a claimed posthumous message, percipients were asked to contact the Society for...
Twain, Mark (1835-1910)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...for Psychical Research, London. After his death, various posthumous communications and writings were claimed. In 1917, the story...The conclusion also applied to Brent Roberts, another posthumous Mark Twain novel that the two women received. In Hyslop...
John I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition John I or John the Posthumous, 1316, king of France, posthumous son of King Louis X. He lived only five days and was succeeded by his uncle, Philip V. According to legend, a dying child was substituted for John, who was then brought up by a merchant in Siena.
Abraham Cowley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...to the development of the familiar essay in English. The posthumous son of a merchant, Abraham Cowley was born in London and...next century. More verses appeared in 1663, and in 1668 his posthumous Works made additional poetry and his essays available. The...
Jarrell, Randall
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...critical essays: A Sad Heart at the Supermarket (1962), essays on literature, the arts, and mass culture; and three posthumous volumes: The Third Book of Criticism (1969), The Complete Poems (1969), and his translation of Part One of Goethe...
Bambara, Toni Cade
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...murders; her friend and editor Toni Morrison brought that work to publication as Those Bones Are Not My Child (1999). The posthumous collection Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, and Conversations appeared in 1996.

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posthumous
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2022; adj. occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator: he was awarded a posthumous Military Cross a posthumous collection of his articles. ∎  (of a child) born after the death of its father...
posthumous birth
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing posthumous birth ( poss -tew-mŭs) n. 1. delivery of a child by Caesarean section after the mother's death. 2. birth of a child after the father's death.
Ancestor Worship
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...usually are recognized by name or title, often a special posthumous one. Services to the ancestors frequently include offerings...to Buddhist beliefs and practices. The deceased receive a posthumous or "Buddhist" name, which is written on a tablet and kept...
Guidi, Guido
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...printed, under the title De anatome corporis humani , in a posthumous edition with hideous illustrations and maladroit additions...nonnulis ejusdem Vidij commentarijs (Paris, 1554). The posthumous writings prepared by Guido Guidi, Jr., are Universae artis...
Ennin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...zasu ) of the Japanese Tendai school, also known by his posthumous title, Jikaku Daishi. He became a disciple of Saich...initiated the Tendai Pure Land tradition. The bestowal of posthumous titles begins with Ennin, who preceded both Saichō...
Drei Pintos, Die
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...in length by inserting other pieces by Weber and sections comp. by himself based on Weber's themes. The result is a remarkable example of posthumous collaboration. Prod. Leipzig 1888, cond. Mahler; London 1962; St Louis 1979.
Eisai
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...jōki . He instructed Dōgen , and for that reason, although his own lineage died out, he is often regarded as the founding figure of Zen in Japan. He was given the posthumous title of Senkō Kokushi.
Kobō-daishi
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Kobō-daishi (posthumous title of Kūkai): see KŪKAI .
after-
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology after- the adv.-prep. AFTER in comb., in senses ‘hinder’, ‘subsequent(ly)’, etc. OE. had, e.g., æfterboren posthumous, æfterfolgere successor.
Dōgen Kigen, Zenji
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...rules of discipline for the community are in Eihei Shingi . His introduction to zazen is in Fukan Zazengi . He was given the posthumous name and title of Busshōdento Kokushi in 1854, and of Jōyō Daishi in 1879. Dogen is recognized...

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POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIPS ON FAST TRACK, INCLUDE FAMILY BENEFITS
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 3/5/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...government historically has granted posthumous citizenship to non-U.S. citizen...affect the procedures for granting posthumous citizenships for service members...put in place during World War I. Posthumous citizenship is granted at the request...
Posthumous recognition for struggle heroes.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 4/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...Baobab in Bronze: Filippus Letladi Mminele (posthumous) Zodwa Mqadi and Rebecca Beka Ntsanwisi...Griffiths, Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge (posthumous), Magdalene Maggie Resha (posthumous), Vesta Smith, Chanderdeo George Sewpershad...
Wilson extends deadline for posthumous claims under Vibration White Finger coal health scheme.
M2 Presswire; 10/29/2002; 700+ words ; ...Government: Wilson extends deadline for posthumous claims under Vibration White Finger...additional three months in which to lodge posthumous claims under the Vibration White finger...extending the VWF deadline for submission of posthumous claims and I am seeking the widest possible...
REGENTS APPROVE POSTHUMOUS DEGREES FOR THREE OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/24/2008; 613 words ; ...Regents gave approval Friday to award posthumous degrees to Christopher Kurt Bellmer...appropriate to honor these three students with posthumous degrees," said OSU President Burns...approval by the State Regents, the posthumous degrees will be presented on behalf...
VOA NEWS: VIRGINIA TECH AWARDS POSTHUMOUS PH.D. TO INDONESIAN STUDENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/15/2007; 700+ words ; ...shooting rampage. Virginia Tech awarded posthumous degrees to 18 undergraduates and five...the Lumbantoruan family, accepting a posthumous Ph.D. diploma on behalf of their...person," said the professor. Watch Posthumous Graduate / Real broadband - download...
Jefferson University Researchers Discuss Need for Rules Regarding Posthumous Sperm Procurement.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 6/9/2003; 700+ words ; ...Parenthood and the Need for a Protocol with Posthumous Sperm Procurement," an article in...fertilization--a practice known as posthumous sperm procurement," notes Dr. Batzer...death? The article states that allowing posthumous sperm procurement rests on the concept...
FED: Legal warning about posthumous conception
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 1/17/1999; 582 words ; ...17-1999 FED: Legal warning about posthumous conception By Janelle Miles BRISBANE...speculate about the deceased's wishes, posthumous conception should not be permitted...be given a high priority in cases of posthumous conception, in addition to considering...
Posthumous Keats BOOKS
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/15/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...International Herald Tribune 08-15-2008 Posthumous Keats BOOKS Byline: Charles McGrath...Group Edition: 1 Section: FEATURES Posthumous Keats A Personal Biography By Stanley...Yet as Stanley Plumly points out in "Posthumous Keats," his moving and perceptive...
Posthumous fame and writing of the self by the "great" Landgrafin Karoline of Hessen-Darmstadt.(Biography)
Magazine article from: Biography; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...eighteenth-century princess whose posthumous fame makes visible the contradictions...illustrate this vividly: the Landgrafin's posthumous fame as created by a particular conjunction...the second two. The Landgrafin's posthumous fame is based on how her contemporaries...
To Be Continued: A Look at Posthumous Reproduction As It Relates to Today's Military
Magazine article from: The Army Lawyer; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...military is ripe for issues surrounding the posthumous conception6 of children conceived to individuals...hope, these optimistic family members turn to posthumous reproduction. Posthumous reproduction is the birth of a child after the...