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Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns 1930-, American artist, b. Augusta, Ga. Influenced by Marcel Duchamp in the mid-1950s, Johns attempted to transform common objects into art by placing them in an art context. Along with his close friends Robert Rauschenberg , John Cage , and Merce Cunningham , Johns eschewed the i...
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Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed, sobriquet of John Chapman....
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John Dyer
John Dyer 1700?-1758, English nature poet, b. Wales. He is best known for the topographical poem Grongar Hill (1726).
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Atholl
Atholl , successively an earldom, a marquisate, and a dukedom of Scotland. For Scottish nobles so entitled, use Stuart, John, and Murray, John.
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Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson c.1591-1643, religious leader in New England, b. Anne Marbury in Lincolnshire, England. She emigrated (1634) with her husband and family to Massachusetts Bay, where her brilliant mind and her kindness won admiration and a following. The informal discussions at her home gave scope to...
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John Byrom
John Byrom , 1692-1763, English shorthand expert and poet, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He devised an early shorthand system, which he taught in Manchester. Although he copyrighted his system in 1742, his book, The Universal English Shorthand, was not published until after his death. He...
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John Thurloe
John Thurloe 1616-68, English politician. A lawyer, he became (1652) secretary to the council of state of the Commonwealth. He was given charge of the intelligence department (1653), which included foreign and domestic espionage, and the post office (1655). Through the post office Thurloe was able ...
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John Sholto Douglas Queensberry, 8th marquess of
John Sholto Douglas Queensberry, 8th marquess of 1844-1900, British nobleman, originator of the code of rules that governs modern boxing . He served in the British army and navy and later was a member of (1872-80) the House of Lords as representative peer from Scotland. He is famous for drafting (...
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Thomas John Watson
Thomas John Watson 1874-1956, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. Campbell, N.Y. After rising from clerk to sales executive in the National Cash Register Co. (1898-1913), he became (1914) president of the foundering Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co., which made scales, time clocks, and t...
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sandwich
sandwich a piece of meat or other food placed between two slices of bread. Although food in this form has long been used, the term sandwich originated in the 18th cent. It is named for John Montagu, the 4th earl of Sandwich, an inveterate gambler who ate informally at the gaming table rather than s...
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