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Nativist Movement
NATIVIST MOVEMENTS (AMERICAN INDIAN REVIVAL MOVEMENTS) NATIVIST MOVEMENTS (AMERICAN INDIAN REVIVAL MOVEMENTS). Sent to study the Ghost Dance among the "hostile" Sioux in the 1890s, James Mooney, an Irish nationalist and an employee of the Bureau of American Ethnology, quickly realized parallels... Read more |
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Edouard Le Roy
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Frank Leslie
Frank Leslie 1821-80, American engraver and publisher, b. England. He learned his trade on the Illustrated London News, but in 1848 immigrated to New York City, where in 1855 he began publishing Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, one of the first influential newsweeklies. His real name,... Read more |
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Ford Madox Ford
Ford Madox Ford 1873-1939, English author; grandson of Ford Madox Brown. He changed his name legally from Ford Madox Hueffer in 1919. The author of over 60 works including novels, poems, criticism, travel essays, and reminiscences, Ford also edited the English Review (1908-11) and the ... Read more |
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David Leslie
David Leslie d. 1682, Scottish military commander. After serving in the Swedish army, he was a major general under his uncle, Alexander Leslie, 1st earl of Leven , in the Scottish army that joined the forces of Oliver Cromwell in defeating the royalists at Marston Moor (1644). He defeated James... Read more |
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James Couzens
James Couzens From an early age, James Couzens (1872-1936) demonstrated determination and incisiveness. The former enabled him to set a course of action, and the latter to carry it out. These qualities drove the naturalized U.S. citizen to achieve successes in business, industry, and politics. He... Read more |
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Leslie Stephen
Sir Leslie Stephen The English historian, critic, and editor Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) was one of the great popularizers of Victorian thought and literature. Leslie Stephen was born in London on Nov. 28, 1832, the son of Sir James Stephen, a leading Evangelical and distinguished... Read more |
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Leslie Nielsen
Nielsen, Leslie 1926–(Leslie Nelson) PERSONALFull name, Leslie William Nielsen; born February 11, 1926, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; immigrated to the United States; became U.S. citizen; son of Ingvard (an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and Maybelle Nielsen; nephew of Jean... Read more |
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Luke Fox
Luke Fox 1586-1635, English explorer. As a master mariner, he set forth in 1631 to hunt for the Northwest Passage . He explored the southern shore of Hudson Bay, satisfied himself that there was no passage through it, and when scurvy struck his crew returned that same year to England. His ... Read more |
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