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Rex Harrison Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison 1908-90, English actor. Born Reginald Carey, he entered repertory theater at 16 as an apprentice. Harrison, noted for his suave, insouciant style, has appeared in many plays, including Anne of the Thousand Days (1949), Bell, Book, and Candle (1950), and In Praise of Love (1974).... Read more
Apprentice Boys Apprentice Boys
Apprentice Boys, a Protestant political society, named after the thirteen apprentices who on 7 December 1688 shut the gates of Derry against Catholic troops under Lord Antrim. Their motive was fear of an impending massacre of Protestants, aroused by the recent circulation of an inflammatory... Read more
willow-pattern ware willow-pattern ware
willow-pattern ware sometimes porcelain but frequently opaque pottery, originated in Staffordshire, England, c.1780. Thomas Minton (see Minton , family), then an apprentice potter, developed and engraved the design, presumably after an old Chinese legend. It portrays the garden of a rich mandarin... Read more
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maypoles. Ancient fertility emblems, brought in ceremonially from the woods on May Day, erected on village greens, and decorated with flowers as central features during festivities. Permanent poles were usually very tall. According to Stow, one London pole in Aldgate ward out-topped the adjacent... Read more
John Graunt John Graunt
John Graunt John Graunt (1620-1674) is considered by many historians to have founded the science of demography, the statistical study of human populations. He analyzed the vital statistics of the citizens of London and wrote a book regarding those figures that greatly influenced the demographers... Read more
Apprentice Apprentice
APPRENTICE A person who agrees to work for a specified time in order to learn a trade, craft, or profession in which the employer, traditionally called the master, assents to instruct him or her. Both minors and adults can be legally obligated under the terms of an apprenticeship contract, and... Read more
Adolfo Adolfo
ADOLFO American designer Born:Adolfo F. Sardiña in Cardenas, Cuba, 15 February 1933; immigrated to New York, 1948, naturalized, 1958. Education:B.A., St. Ignacious de Loyola Jesuit School, Havana, 1950. Military Service:Served in the U.S. Navy. ... Read more
Paul Dukas Paul Dukas
Paul Dukas , 1865-1935, French composer and critic. He was influenced by both the romanticism of Wagner and the impressionism of Debussy. His compositions are few, the best known being a symphonic poem, The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897), and an opera, Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (1907).... Read more
sorcerer sorcerer
sorcerer a person who claims or is believed to have magic powers; a wizard. Recorded from late Middle English, the word comes ultimately, via Old French, from Latin sors, sort- ‘lot, fortune’.sorcerer's apprentice a person who instigates a process or project which they are then unable... Read more
Medicine and Surgery Medicine and Surgery
MEDICINE AND SURGERY MEDICINE AND SURGERY The Colonial Period The people who settled the New World were often seeking something that had eluded them in the Old World; thus few established practitioners of medicine were among the early settlers. The exceptions were the apprentice-trained midwives... Read more

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