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Clark Mills
Clark Mills 1810-83, American sculptor, b. Onondaga co., N.Y. Self-taught in art, he designed and in 1852 cast in an experimental foundry the statue of General Jackson for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Mills had never seen his subject nor an equestrian statue. The daring pose of the horse was ...
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C. Wright Mills
C. Wright Mills 1916-62, American sociologist, b. Waco, Tex. He studied at the Univ. of Texas (A.B., M.A., 1939) and the Univ. of Wisconsin (Ph.D., 1942) and spent his academic career (1946-62) as a professor at Columbia Univ. A controversial figure, Mills advocated a comparative world sociology an...
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Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille (Agnes George de Mille) , 1905-93, American choreographer and dancer, b. New York City; granddaughter of Henry George , daughter of playwright director W. C. de Mille, and niece of Cecil B. De Mille . After her concert debut in 1928, she went to London and worked with Antony Tudo...
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Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille (Agnes George de Mille) , 1905-93, American choreographer and dancer, b. New York City; granddaughter of Henry George , daughter of playwright director W. C. de Mille, and niece of Cecil B. De Mille . After her concert debut in 1928, she went to London and worked with Antony Tudo...
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milling
milling mechanical grinding of wheat or other grains to produce flour. Milling separates the fine, mealy parts of grain from the fibrous bran covering. In prehistoric times grain was crushed between two flat stones. Later a stone with a rounded end was used to grind grain in a cup-shaped stone; thi...
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill 1806-73, British philosopher and economist. A precocious child, he was educated privately by his father, James Mill. In 1823, abandoning the study of law, he became a clerk in the East India company, where he rose to become head of the examiner's office by the time of the company's...
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Isaac Bickerstaffe
Isaac Bickerstaffe c.1735-c.1812, English dramatist, b. Ireland. Included among his comedies and ballad operas are The Maid of the Mill (produced in 1765) and The Padlock (produced in 1768).
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Isaac Bickerstaffe
Isaac Bickerstaffe c.1735-c.1812, English dramatist, b. Ireland. Included among his comedies and ballad operas are The Maid of the Mill (produced in 1765) and The Padlock (produced in 1768).
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Chorley
Chorley , town (1991 pop. 33,465) and district, Lancashire, NW England. Chorley's manufactures include cotton items and cotton mill machinery, rayon goods, rubber products, and shoes.
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Hawkesbury
Hawkesbury town (1991 pop. 9,706), SE Ont., Canada, on the Ottawa River. It has lumber and paper mills and manufactures clothing, glass, and prefabricated homes.
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