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Christopher Hope
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Hope Theatre
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Anthony Hope
Anthony Hope pseud. of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, 1863-1933, English novelist. A lawyer, he wrote novels in his spare time. The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), a romantic novel of impersonation set in an imaginary kingdom, was an international success. None of his later novels—including a... Read more |
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Hope
Hope BIBLIOGRAPHY In an ancient Greek myth, Zeus was irate at humans for having stolen fire from the gods. In the spirit of revenge, he fashioned a young maiden named Pandora and, using reverse psychology, sent her to earth with a dowry chest, with the crucial instruction not to open it. Of... Read more |
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John Hope
John Hope 1868–1936 Educator, activist At a Glance… Education: Worcester and Brown Befriended W. E. B. DuBois College Presidency and the Niagara Movement The 1910s: Expanding Horizons Hope’s Goals Achieved Sources After John Hope’s death in 1936 in Atlanta, Georgia,... Read more |
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Bob Hope
Bob Hope 1903-2003, American comedian, b. London as Leslie Townes Hope; he came to the United States at the age of five. Famous for his "ski-jump" nose, topical humor, superb timing, brashly irreverant attitude, and rapid-fire delivery, Hope enjoyed immense popularity. He began his... Read more |
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Alexander Bedward
Bedward, Alexander c. 1850November 8, 1930 Between 1891 and 1921, Alexander Bedward, an African-Jamaican healer, led the Jamaica Baptist Free Church in August Town, Jamaica, on the Hope River. Born in 1848 or 1850 at the present Matilda's Corner, then part of Hope Plantation in St. Andrew... Read more |
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Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell 1777-1844, Scottish poet. He is best known for his war poems "Hohenlinden," "The Battle of the Baltic," and "Ye Mariners of England." Among his other volumes of poetry are The Pleasure of Hope (1799), Gertrude of Wyoming (1809); and Theodric (1824).... Read more |
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Thomas Hope
Hope, Thomas (1769–1831). British connoisseur and virtuoso, born in Amsterdam, where his family, of Scots descent, had resided and worked as merchants and bankers for several generations. An avid collector of antiques as well as modern Neo-Classical sculpture, he became an arbiter of taste... Read more |
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Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop), South AfricaCabo Tormentoso Rounding the cape on his first voyage to the east, the Portuguese navigator, Bartholomew Dias (c.1450–1500), failed to see land, but did so on his return journey in 1488. Suffering a rough passage, he named it ... Read more |
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