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Ellett Brothers Inc
Ellett Brothers, Inc. 267 Columbia AvenueChapin, South Carolina 29036U.S.A.(803) 345-3751Fax: (803) 345-1820 Public Company Incorporated: 1933 as Ellett BrothersEmployees: 354Sales: $150.4 million (1995)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5091 Sporting & Recreational Goods A leading national... Read more |
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Mat Hoffman
Mat Hoffman 1972- American BMX rider Mat Hoffman, five years old, stood at the top of a home-made ramp in the family's backyard, perched on his BMX bike with only an older brother's grip to keep him from falling over the edge. He pleaded with his brother to hold on tight so, as older brothers... Read more |
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Chris Penn
PENN, Chris 1962(?)– (Christopher Penn) PERSONAL Full name, Christopher S. Penn; born June 10, 1962 (some sources cite October 10, 1965), in Los Angeles, CA; son of Leo Penn (a director and actor) and Eileen Ryan (an actress); brother of Sean Penn (an actor and director) and Michael... Read more |
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Toll Brothers Inc
Toll Brothers Inc. 250 Gibraltar Road Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044 U.S.A. Telephone: (215) 938-8000 Fax: (215) 938-8010 Web site: http://www.tollbrothers.com Public Company Incorporated: 1986 as Toll Brothers Inc. Employees: 4,655 Sales: $3.86 billion Stock Exchanges: New York... Read more |
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Limbourg brothers
Limbourg brothers , fl. 1380-1416, family of Franco-Flemish manuscript illuminators. The Limbourg brothers, Pol, Jan, and Herman, were trained as goldsmiths. They succeeded Jacquemart de Hesdin in 1411 as court painters to Jean, duc de Berry. Their masterpiece is the magnificent book of hours ... Read more |
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Lot
Lot in the Book of Genesis, the son of Abraham's brother Haran. Lot settled in Sodom and received a warning of its destruction. As he fled with his family, his wife, disobeying God's orders, looked back at the city and was turned into a pillar of salt. In biblical ethnography, Lot is considered... Read more |
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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Jacobi, Carl Gustav Jacob (b. Potsdam, Germany, 10 December 1804; d. Berlin, Germany, 18 February 1851) mathematics. The second son of Simon Jacobi, a Jewish banker, the precocious boy (originally called Jacques Simon) grew up in a wealthy and cultured family. His brother Moritz, three years... Read more |
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Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell A college teacher of literature, Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was an editor and popularizer of comparative mythology. He created comprehensive theories of mythology that synthesized the discoveries of modern science, psychology, art history, and literature and used modern media,... Read more |
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Cain
Cain , in the Bible, eldest son of Adam and Eve, a tiller of the soil. In jealousy he killed his brother Abel and became a fugitive.... Read more |
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Abel
Abel in the Bible, son of Adam and Eve, a shepherd, killed by his older brother, Cain; in the Gospel of St. Matthew, mentioned as the first martyr.... Read more |
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