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Joseph Joachim Raff
Joseph Joachim Raff , 1822-82, Swiss-German composer and pianist, largely self-taught. He was a friend and follower of Liszt , who produced his opera King Alfred at Weimar in 1851. A prolific composer, Raff achieved a position of eminence in Germany during his late years, but is chiefly... Read more |
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Thomas Southerne
Thomas Southerne , 1660-1746, English dramatist, b. Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he moved to London where he pursued a career as a writer. He was a friend of Dryden and wrote prologues and epilogues for several of Dryden's plays. Southerne is chiefly remembered for his two... Read more |
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Charles Cotton
Charles Cotton 1630-87, English author. He is chiefly remembered for his contribution to his friend Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler (5th ed. 1676). His pleasant, unaffected verse includes "An Ode to Winter" and "The Retirement." He also wrote burlesques of Vergil (1664) and Lucian (1665)... Read more |
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Noah Worcester
Noah Worcester woos´ter , 1758-1837, American Congregational clergyman, b. Hollis, N.H. He was pastor (1787-1810) at Thornton, N.H. From 1813 to 1818 he was the first editor of the Christian Disciple, a Unitarian periodical. He is, however, best remembered for his work in behalf of peace.... Read more |
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Govert Flinck
Govert Flinck , 1615-1660, Dutch painter. A student of Rembrandt, Flinck is remembered mainly for his numerous portraits. There is a large and representative collection of Flinck's works in the Rijks Museum, one example from which, his Blessing of Jacob, illustrates his competent handling of... Read more |
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Liberace
Liberace Pianist Displayed Talent at Young Age Developed Unique Style Master of Showmanship Selected discography Sources A flamboyant musical showman, Liberace is remembered for his extravagant costumes and campy stage presence as much as for his talent as a pianist. The country |
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Samuel Francis Smith
Samuel Francis Smith 1808-95, American Baptist clergyman and poet, b. Boston. He is remembered as the author of the national hymn "America," written while he was a student at Andover Theological Seminary. Among his many other hymns is "The Morning Light Is Breaking."... Read more |
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Sir William Sidney Smith
Sir William Sidney Smith 1764-1840, British admiral. He was a distinguished commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and is especially remembered for his defense of Acre against Napoleon in 1799.... Read more |
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Bram Stoker
Stoker, Bram ( Abraham) (1847–1912) Irish novelist. Stoker wrote several novels and a memoir of the actor Henry Irving (1906), but he is best-remembered for the classic, gothic horror novel Dracula (1897).... Read more |
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Sir William Watson
Sir William Watson 1858-1935, English poet. His first great success was Wordsworth's Grave (1890), followed by a meditative elegy on Tennyson, Lachrymae Musarum (1892). He is also remembered for sonnets and lyrics. He was knighted in 1917.... Read more |
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'Dear Miss Gish': a friendship in letters; When I learned from her...
...Patterson I saw my first Lillian Gish movie in 1970...know much about Miss Gish so I promised to...She became Miss Gish's second-biggest...My family always remembered Miss Gish on the holidays and...I mailed them to ... |
 "Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)")
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Get your fill of Lil Springfield-born silent movie legend Lillian Gish...
...when he spotted a Lillian Gish pinup on Abe Simpson...that the late Miss Gish, a Springfield native...Simpson would even know Gish. Really, the first...moment. "I'll tell friends about the festival...her fate to not be ... |
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Clinton Unveils National Service Program to Rutgers
...go in a month, though. Sometimes we would ask friends to lend us some money, like for groceries or...by sometimes. WERTHEIMER: Also, screen stars Lillian Gish and Ruby Keeler remembered. [Newscast] WERTHEIMER: It's All Things... |
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Vera Maxwell remembered. (designer) (Obituary)
...century." Martin and a number of other people remembered Maxwell on Friday, when news of her death...Princess Grace of Monaco, Martha Graham and Lillian Gish. She and Princess Grace became friends, and Maxwell often visited her in Monaco... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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BEYOND 'NAT TURNER,' WILLIAM STYRON'S EPOCHAL STORY
...wanted to know. He remembered everything Styron...had grannies who remembered slavery days. Styron...secretly leering at Lillian Gish's trembling white...blackface, Lillian Gish luminously white...Ralph Ellison, a ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Obituary: Bob Vaughn
...things changed," he remembered. "I was only a kid...to play the piano for friends at parties. On one such...Valentino, Vilma Banky, the Gish sisters, Gloria Swanson...Nation (1915) that Lillian Gish autographed and sent... |
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FOND MEMORIES OF DONALD BROOKS.(Obituary)
...theater, was remembered by friends and relatives...Liza Minnelli, Lillian Gish, Betty Comden...said. Brooks' friend of 40 years...Owett also remembered Brooks for his...and charms. He remembered how the ... |
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Obituary: Patricia Hilliard
...Rudolph Valentino and Lillian Gish," she recalled...will certainly be remembered for its rousing...made," Hilliard remembered: To find it being...met up with old friends - Sir Michael Hordern...would you be remembered so ... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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HOLLYWOOD GOLDEN CHILD FEATURED ON TCM.(CNY)(Column)
...telephone call from a lost friend who lives thousands...visit with their close friends, Frances and Clell...became once-a-year-friends. Ann recalls me going...starring Paul Muni and Lillian Gish). Special effects...Seattle because she ... |
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Actress Forged Loyal Ties to Chicagoans
...Chicagoans she was a trusted friend, devoted relative and...returned to see family and friends. Vacationing in Aspen...her way to her great friend Lillian Gish's memorial service...said something, you remembered it for a ... |
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