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Nimrod
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Nimrod in the Bible, descendant of Cush who is recorded as a mighty hunter.
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Hormuzd Rassam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...during fieldwork (1872-82) in Assyria and Babylonia he identified and partially excavated the site of Sippar. He wrote Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia (1869) and Asshur and the Land of Nimrod (1897).
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Hackett, J(ames) H(enry)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Swop in his own adaptation, Jonathan in England (1928), Rip Van Winkle, and the unlettered Kentucky congressman Colonel Nimrod Wildfire in The Lion of the West . This last character proved so popular that Hackett reprised the character in The Kentuckian...
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Calneh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Calneh , in the Bible. 1 Place, in S Babylonia, founded by Nimrod with other cities; the word may mean "all of them." 2 Unidentified city, possibly in N Syria. It is perhaps the same as Calno, named with Carchemish. Some identify it with Canneh.
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Hackett, James Henry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...American actor, who made his first appearance in 1826 and became famous for his portrayal of Yankee characters, particularly Nimrod Wildfire in Paulding's The Lion of the West (1831). He was the first American actor to appear in London as a star, playing...
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Lion of the West, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...only by reputation, and Paulding's text was first published in 1954. The play was very popular because of its character Nimrod Wildfire (generally identified with Davy Crockett and W.P. Duval), a Kentucky backwoodsman who visits the East and confounds...
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...largely financed by guarantees which would be redeemed by proceeds from lectures and publications following the voyage. The Nimrod, a small whaler, reached the Ross Shelf Ice in January 1908. Shackleton discovered the Beardmore Glacier, attained 88...
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Abraham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...The Koran tells of a time when Abram confronts his father about his idol worship and is condemned to burn in a furnace by King Nimrod of Babylon, but God protected him. His family left Ur—in modern day Iraq—to travel northwest along...
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Lion of the West, the; or, a Trip to Washington
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...daughter of testy old Governor Bramble ( Mr. Blakely) and the cousin of the unlettered but sage new Kentucky Congressman, Col. Nimrod Wildfire ( J. H. Hackett ), dreams of marrying a titled Frenchman and living in Paris. Her wishes seem to come true when...
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