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Henry Steele Commager Henry Steele Commager
Henry Steele Commager , 1902-98, American historian, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Chicago in 1928 and taught history at New York Univ. (1926-38), Columbia (1938-56), and Amherst (1956-94). He was an outspoken opponent of both McCarthyism (see McCarthy, Joseph R. ) and... Read more
Tex Schramm Tex Schramm
Tex Schramm 1920- American football executive It isn't easy to measure Tex Schramm's impact on professional football, for his mark is on so much of the game as we know it today. Schramm is perhaps best known for building a little-known expansion team in Dallas into one of football's... Read more
Richard Malcolm Johnston Richard Malcolm Johnston
Richard Malcolm Johnston 1822-98, American author, b. Hancock co., Ga., grad. Mercer Univ., 1841. He is known for his stories and sketches of rural Georgia, of which the collection Dukesborough Tales (1871) is best known. Bibliography: See his autobiography (1900).... Read more
Richard Estes Richard Estes
Richard Estes 1936-, American painter, b. Evanston, Ill. One of the best-known American exponents of photorealism , Estes is noted for his street scenes.... Read more
Denis William Brogan Denis William Brogan
Denis William Brogan , 1900-1974, British historian and political scientist, b. Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at the Univ. of Glasgow, Oxford, and Harvard and was professor of political science at Cambridge from 1939 to 1968. Brogan was best known as an interpreter of American history and... Read more
John Cleveland John Cleveland
John Cleveland 1613-58, English poet and political satirist. He served the royalist cause both as soldier and poet. His best-known work was The Rebel Scot (1644). Though his contemporary fame was great, and his works originally went through 20 editions, he is known today chiefly for the lyrics ... Read more
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Arthur Meier Schlesinger
Arthur Meier Schlesinger , 1888-1965, American historian, b. Xenia, Ohio. After teaching at Ohio State Univ. and the State Univ. of Iowa, he was a professor of history (1924-54) at Harvard and in 1928 became an editor of the New England Quarterly. His well-known works in the field of colonial... Read more
Stephen Hawes Stephen Hawes
Stephen Hawes c.1475-1530, English poet. His best-known works, the two allegories Example of Virtue (1504?) and Pastime of Pleasure (1505?), use typically medieval conventions, but they differ from medieval allegory in their humanist emphasis on learning, fame, and the perfection of life in... Read more
Samuel Eliot Morison Samuel Eliot Morison
Samuel Eliot Morison 1887-1976, American historian, b. Boston. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1912 and began teaching history there in 1915, becoming full professor in 1925 and Jonathan Trumbull professor of American history in 1941. Between 1922 and 1925 he was Harmsworth professor of... Read more
Herbert David Croly Herbert David Croly
CROLY, HERBERT Herbert Croly (1869–1930) was a writer and editor best known for founding the politically influential journal called the New Republic. The magazine became the voice of the "New Nationalism" and was instrumental in delaying the entry of the United States into World War I... Read more

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