|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
George Farquhar
George Farquhar , 1678-1707, Irish dramatist, b. Londonderry (now Derry), Ireland. After his short career as an actor ended when he severely wounded a fellow actor in a stage duel, he wrote (1698) his first comedy, Love and a Bottle. His next play, The Constant Couple (1699), established his... Read more |
|
Chisholm v. Georgia
CHISHOLM V. GEORGIA An early U.S. Supreme Court case holding that Article III of the federal Constitution gives the Court original jurisdiction over lawsuits between a state government and the citizens of another state, even if the state being sued does not consent. The decision generated immediate... Read more |
|
John Cleese
CLEESE, John 1939–(Kim Bread, John Otto Cleese, Nigel Farquhar– Bennett) PERSONAL Original name, John Marwood Cleese; born October 27, 1939, in Weston–super–Mare, Somerset, England; son of Reginald (in insurance sales) and Muriel (an acrobat; maiden name, Cross) Cleese;... Read more |
|
Peg Woffington
Peg Woffington (Margaret Woffington), 1714?-1760, English actress, b. Dublin. Her charm and beauty as a child attracted attention, and at the age of 10 she acted in the role of Polly Peachum in a Lilliputian production of The Beggar's Opera. She made her first important appearance in Dublin in... Read more |
|
blanch
... Read more |
|
dry-blanch-dry process
... Read more |
|
Blanche Bruce
Blanche Kelso Bruce 1849–1898 Politician, educator At a Glance Read more |
|
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang 1844-1912, English scholar and man of letters, b. Scotland. His poetry, much of it written in the forms of ballades, triolets, and rondeaux, appeared in such volumes as his Ballads in Blue China (2 vol., 1880-81). Lang was one of the first to apply anthropological findings to the... Read more |
|
Blanche
Blanche ♀ Originally a nickname for a blonde, from blanche, feminine of Old French blanc ‘white’ (of Germanic origin). It came to be associated with the notion of whiteness as indicating purity, and was introduced into England as a given name by the Normans. A pale complexion... Read more |
|
Queen consort of Louis VIII King of France Blanche of Castile
Blanche of Castile Born to wealth, Blanche of Castile (1188-1252) took the reins of leadership early in life as the wife of Louis VIII, King of France and later as co-regent during her son, Louis IX's, minority. She proved to be a good, albeit strong willed leader, keenly adept at dealing... Read more |
|
|
Winners through the years
...Boyd Alison Clarey Ellen G. Dyson Susan K. Garretson...Cross Beth Duke Carol A. Farquhar Susan L. Getz Jan L...Barbara Holmes Bonnie G. Langdon Tess Little...Barbara Weaver 1984 June G. Casterton Brenda Lee...Feenstra Joanne L. Henkel Blanche E. Keyser Carolyn J... |