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Vernon Scannell Vernon Scannell
Scannell, Vernon 1922-2007 (John Vernon Scannel)OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for SATA sketch: Born January 23, 1922, in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died November 16, 2007. Poet, novelist, critic, children's author, and memoirist. Scannell spent much of his life haunted by images of war. Memories of... Read more
Herodas Herodas
Herodas , fl. 3d cent. BC, Greek poet. He wrote realistic mimes in choliambic verse often depicting bawdy situations. A papyrus containing some 700 readable lines by Herodes is extant. His name is also spelled Herodes or Herondas.... Read more
Edward Vernon Edward Vernon
Edward Vernon 1684-1757, British admiral. He entered the navy in 1700 and rose steadily in rank. A member of Parliament from 1722, he opposed the government of Sir Robert Walpole and urged war with Spain. When war was finally declared (see Jenkins's Ear, War of ), Vernon won great popularity by... Read more
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon NE Va., overlooking the Potomac River near Alexandria, S of Washington, D.C.; home of George Washington from 1747 until his death in 1799. The land was patented in 1674, and the house was built in 1743 by Lawrence Washington, George Washington's half brother. Mount Vernon was named for... Read more
Irene Castle Irene Castle
Vernon and Irene Castle Ballroom dancers Vernon (1887-1918) and Irene (1893-1969) Castle led the craze for ragtime and Broadway routines adapted as social dances in the years before World War I. Vernon Castle was born Vernon William Blythe in Norwich, England, on May 2, 1887. Although he... Read more
The Origin of Species The Origin of Species
Origin of Species, The. Charles Darwin's book of 1859 setting out the development of new kinds of creatures through natural selection, and inheritance with variability. After 20 years' work on a great tome, Natural Selection, he received in 1858 a letter from A. R. Wallace in Malaysia setting... Read more
Vernon Castle and Irene Foote Vernon Castle and Irene Foote
Vernon Castle, and Irene Foote 1893-1969, husband-and-wife dance team. Vernon Castle was an English dancer, who studied civil engineering before turning to the stage and making his debut in 1907. In 1911, he married Irene Foote, b. New Rochelle, N.Y. In Paris in 1912 their versions of such dances... Read more
Thomas Randolph (poet) Thomas Randolph (poet)
Thomas Randolph 1605-35, English poet and dramatist. After graduating from Cambridge in 1632, he went to London where he became a disciple of Ben Jonson. His best-known poems are "A Gratulatory to Ben Jonson" and "On the Death of a Nightingale." Amyntas (1631), The Muses' Looking-Glass ... Read more
Pegasus (mythology) Pegasus (mythology)
Pegasus in Greek mythology, winged horse that carries the thunderbolt of Zeus. He sprang full-grown from the neck of the dying Gorgon Medusa. With a slash of his hoof, he created the Hippocrene, a sacred spring of the Muses on Mt. Helicon. Hence, he has often been associated with the arts,... Read more
Sir William Vernon Harcourt Sir William Vernon Harcourt
Harcourt, Sir William Vernon (1827–1904). Liberal politician. Harcourt probably regarded himself as a failure. He was a brilliant lawyer, politician, and polemicist, who rose to be home secretary (1880–5) and chancellor of the Exchequer (1886, 1892–5), and expected to succeed... Read more

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