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Mary (Meredith) Webb
Mary (Meredith) Webb 1881-1927, English novelist. Her native Shropshire is the scene of all her novels, which are somber, passionate, and infused with an intense feeling for the countryside. Although her work was little known in her lifetime, her literary reputation grew after her death. The emotio... Read more
George Meredith
George Meredith 1828-1909, English novelist and poet. One of the great English novelists, Meredith wrote complex, often comic yet highly cerebral works that contain striking psychological character studies. As a youth he attended a Moravian school in Germany and eventually became apprenticed to a L... Read more
George S. Kaufman
George S. Kaufman , 1889-1961, American dramatist and journalist, b. Pittsburgh as George Kaufman. As a drama critic for various New York newspapers he was influential in raising the standards of criticism in the theater. He collaborated on more than 40 plays, many of them tremendously successful, w... Read more
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton pseud. Owen Meredith, 1831-91, English diplomat and poet; son of the novelist, Bulwer-Lytton. He was in the diplomatic service from 1850 to 1875, when Disraeli appointed him viceroy of India; for his services in the Afghan wars he was created (188... Read more
Mathew B. Brady
Mathew B. Brady c.1823-96, American pioneer photographer, b. Warren co., N.Y. Brady learned the daguerreotype process from S. F. B. Morse and in 1844 opened his own photographic studio in New York City, which brought him widespread fame. He published Gallery of Illustrious Americans in 1850 and f... Read more
Portsmouth
Portsmouth city (1991 pop. 174,218) and district, Hampshire, S England, on Spithead Channel. The district includes Portsea (naval station), Southsea (residential district and resort), and the old town of Portsmouth proper. Since Henry VII had stone fortifications and docks built there, Portsmouth c... Read more
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon 1886-1967, English poet and novelist. A heroic and decorated officer in World War I, he nonetheless expressed his conviction of the brutality and waste of war in grim, forceful, realistic verse— The Old Huntsman (1917), Counter-Attack (1918), Satirical Poems (1926), Vi... Read more
novel
novel in modern literary usage, a sustained work of prose fiction a volume or more in length. It is distinguished from the short story and the fictional sketch, which are necessarily brief. Although the novel has a place in the literatures of all nations, this article concentrates on the evolutio... Read more
Raleigh
Raleigh , city (1990 pop. 207,951), state capital, and seat of Wake co., central N.C.; the site was selected for the capital in 1788, and the city was laid out and inc. 1792. It is a political, cultural, trade, and industrial center; the Raleigh-Durham airport is an air travel hub. The city's indust... Read more
sonnet
sonnet poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme. There are two prominent types: the Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet, composed of an octave and a sestet (rhyming abbaabba cdecde ), and the Elizabethan, or Shakespearean, sonnet, consisting of three quatrai... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to " James (Howard) Meredith"

Meredith, James Howard
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law MEREDITH, JAMES HOWARD civil rights pioneer and activist James Howard Meredith put his life at risk by being the first African American to attend...
James H. Meredith
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the most dishonorable thing a Meredith could do was to work in a white...could attain in Mississippi, Meredith moved to St. Petersburg, Florida...Air Force, under the name "James Howard Meredith." To the young Mississippian...
Hamilton, Alexander
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...he appears are Gertrude Atherton's The Conqueror, Jeremiah Clemen's The Rivals, Howard Fast's The Unvanquished, and P. L. Ford's Janice Meredith. Hamilton's Papers were published in 26 volumes (1961–79).
Scribner's Magazine
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...Contributors included Stevenson, Henry and William James, Harte, Kipling, Cable, Edith Wharton, Meredith, Stephen Crane, and Huneker, and among the illustrators were Stanford White, Howard Pyle, A.B. Frost, and Frederic Remington...
George Padmore
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Padmore, whose given name was Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse, was educated through secondary...New York University Law School, and Howard University. He had been at first attracted...A good account of Padmore's life is James R. Hooker, Black Revolutionary: George...

Dictionary entries related to " James (Howard) Meredith"

Turner, Lana
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Cukor) (as Lily Brannel James) 1951 Mr. Imperium (You Belong...Imitation of Life (Sirk) (as Lora Meredith) 1960 Portrait in Black (Michael...Paradise (Arnold) (as Rosemary Howard) 1962 Who's Got the Action...New Jersey, 1976. Paris, James, The Hollywood Beauties, New...
Barnes, George S.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Piker (Hopper) 1924 Janice Meredith (The Beautiful Rebel ) (Hopper...Goulding); Sherlock Holmes (Howard) 1933 Broadway Bad (Her Reputation...Enright) (co) 1939 Jesse James (H. King) (co); Stanley...co); The Return of Frank James (F. Lang) (co); Girl from...
Russell, Rosalind
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Actress: 1934 Evelyn Prentice (Howard) (as Nancy Harrison); The...Sybil Barclay); Rendezvous (Howard) (as Joel Carter) 1936 It...Judge (Foster) (as Marsha Meredith) 1950 A Woman of Distinction...New York, 1975. Parish, James, and Don Stanke, The Leading...
Strangers on a Train
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...production designers: Ted Haworth and George James-Hopkins; music: Dimitri Tiomkin...Anthony ); Jonathan Hale (Mr. Anthony ); Howard St. John (Capt. Turley ); John Brown...John Doucette (Hammond ); Charles Meredith (Judge Dolan ); Murray Alper (Boatman...
Nolte, Nick
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as Pete Bell); I'll Do Anything (James L. Brooks) (as Matt Hobbs) 1995 Jefferson...Hoover); Mother Night (Gordon) (as Howard W. Campbell Jr.) 1997 U Turn (Stone...Premiere (New York), March 1989. Bordy, Meredith, "Prince of Hollywood," in Connoisseur...

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Memorable photo.( James Howard Meredith)(Brief article)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 10/1/2006; 458 words ; James Meredith, on August 9, 1963, became the first Black person to graduate from...history. In the fall of 1962, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Meredith risked his life when he successfully used the laws of integration and...
James Meredith at Ole Miss: "victory over discrimination".
Magazine article from: Social Education; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...rights struggle of the 1960s. Meredith was the first African American...and campus riots. The story of Meredith's bid for admission to "Ole...personal courage and perseverance. James Howard Meredith was born on June 25, 1933 in...
Robin-Howard. (2003 Wedding Register).
Magazine article from: Mississippi Magazine; 1/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...and Asa Gregory Talbott Howard were united in marriage...late Mr. Thomas Richard Howard of Columbus. Rev. John...her stepfather, Mr. James Kenneth Dunaway, the...Bullock, and Maury Haynes Howard. All wore designer two...man. Groomsmen were Meredith Baird Allen, Jr...
Terrence Howard Jailed For Alleged Assault Of Flight Attendant On Plane.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet; 9/11/2000; 700+ words ; Terrence Howard, who won fame for his...Continental Airlines attendant Meredith Hughes, 23, told police she was trying to coax Howard back to his seat because...s very upset," said James Hardiman, a lawyer for Howard. "It seems like some...
Maryland State Bar Association recommends 5 to help pick appeal judges
Newspaper article from: The Daily Record (Baltimore); 6/19/2007; ; 617 words ; ...McAuliffe, Rowan & Hartinger * Kathleen Howard Meredith, Iliff & Meredith PC * Roger A...Wilner of the Court of Appeals and James A. Kenney III of the Court of Special...P. Salmon and Arrie W. Davis. Meredith said that although most lawyers don...
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 1/4/2004; 700+ words ; ...and Waldron, Inc to James Thompson, Lot 29, Phase...930 Sarah Runyon to James Keefer, Lot 13, Phase...Oak Manor, $132,000 James Sowder to Sowder Investments...Meadow, $128,500 Ricky Howard to Kenneth Jones, Lot...127,500 Howard Meredith to Thomas Miller, 25...
BIRTHSSAMARITAN HOSPITAL, TROY HASSELWANDER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/12/2002; 690 words ; ...Shelby Virginia, daughter of James Hasselwander and Mehre Shuhart...Khattar, Troy, Jan. 8. HOWARD, Meredith Noelle, daughter of Brent and Ericka Howard, Johnsonville, Jan. 8...Helen, daughter of Anne and James Zubrick, Wynantskill...
BIRTHS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/3/2002; 699 words ; ...daughter of Mehre Shuhart and James Hasselwander, Petersburg...Khattar, Troy, Jan. 8. HOWARD, Meredith Noelle, daughter of Ericka and Brent Howard, Johnsonville, Jan. 8...Helen, daughter of Anne and James Zubrick, Wynantskill...
BIRTHS
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 7/13/2002; 700+ words ; ...Colorado Springs, a girl, June 24. KRULZE: James and Michelle, Air Force Academy, a girl...Savell, Colorado Springs, a boy, June 28. HOWARD-MEREDITH: Erick Howard and Misty Meredith, Colorado Springs, a girl, June 28. BERRY...
Why do some of us insist on making God's job so difficult?
Newspaper article from: Tri-State Defender; 1/19/2005; ; 660 words ; ...Rock Nine," the University of Mississippi without James Howard Meredith and Constance Baker Motley, or the University of Georgia...any better. Nearly three decades ago, Rev. Leon Howard Sullivan of Philadelphia wrote a book called "Alternatives...