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Merlin Merlin
Merlin in Arthurian legend , magician, seer, and teacher at the court of King Vortigern and later at the court of King Arthur. He was a bard and culture hero in early Celtic folklore. In Arthurian legend he is famous as a magician and as the counselor of King Arthur. In Tennyson's Idylls of the... Read more
Ken Elton Kesey Ken Elton Kesey
Ken Elton Kesey 1935-2001, American novelist and counterculture figure, b. La Junta, Colo.; grad. Univ. of Oregon (1957), Stanford Univ. (1960). While a student he volunteered for a hospital study of mind-altering drugs, substances that were to shape much of his life and work. He also briefly... Read more
falcon falcon
falcon common name for members of the Falconidae, a heterogeneous family of long-winged birds of prey closely related to the hawk . Falcons (genus Falco ) range in size from the 6 1/2 -in. (16.5-cm) falconet to the 24-in. (60-cm) gyrfalcon, and in habits from the swift merlin to the sluggish... Read more
Tristram Tristram
Tristram, blank‐verse dramatic narrative by E.A. Robinson, published in 1927 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize. It belongs with Lancelot and Merlin in the author's Arthurian trilogy.Prince Tristram of Lyonesse, wounded in combat in Ireland, is nursed to health by Princess Isolt. He tells his... Read more
Jodrell Bank Observatory Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank Observatory , observatory for radio astronomy located at Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Founded in 1945 on the site of a botanical experiment station, it is administered by the Univ. of Manchester. Originally known as the Jodrell Bank Experimental Station, it was... Read more
Vivien Vivien
Vivien ♀, formerly ♂ Earlier generally taken as a variant of the boy's name Vivian, but now also rarely used for boys. This spelling was quite common in Old French. Its use as a girl's name in the English-speaking world was influenced by Tennyson's Merlin and Vivien (1859). This... Read more
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Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth , c.1100-1154, English author. He was probably born at Monmouth and was of either Breton or Welsh descent. In 1152 he was named bishop of St. Asaph in Wales. His Historia regum Britanniae (written c.1135), supposedly a chronicle of the kings of Britain, is one of the chief... Read more
Edwin Arlington Robinson Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869-1935, American poet, b. Head Tide, Maine, attended Harvard (1891-93). At his death, many critics considered Robinson the greatest poet in the United States. He is now best remembered for his short poems characterizing various residents of "Tilbury Town," which was... Read more

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