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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson (James Fletcher "Smack" Henderson), 1898-1952, American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist, b. Cuthbert, Ga. Henderson played piano from childhood. Short of funds after coming to New York City in 1920 to study graduate chemistry, he took a job with W. C. Handy's music... Read more |
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Ralph Fletcher
Fletcher, Ralph 1953-PersonalBorn March 17, 1953; son of Ralph (a textbook publisher) and Jean Fletcher; married JoAnn Portalupi (a professor), May, 1989; children: Taylor Curtis, Adam Curtis, Robert, Joseph. Education: Dartmouth College, B.A., 1975; Columbia University, M.F.A., 1983. Politics:... Read more |
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John Fletcher
John Fletcher 1579-1625, English dramatist, b. Rye, Sussex, educated at Cambridge. A member of a prominent literary family, he began writing for the stage about 1606, first with Francis Beaumont , with whom his name is inseparably linked, later with Massinger and others. Fletcher may have... Read more |
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Fletcher Challenge Ltd
Fletcher Challenge Ltd. Fletcher Challenge House810 Great South RoadPenroseAucklandNew Zealand(9) 525-9000Fax: (9) 525-0559Web site: http://www.fcl.co.nz Public CompanyIncorporated: 1981Employees: 23,000Sales: NZ $9.14 billion (US $6.27 billion) (1996)Stock Exchanges: Auckland Perth Sydney... Read more |
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nabobs
nabobs, a corruption of the Urdu nawab, a governor or nobleman, was the fashionable term for men who had returned from India with ample fortunes, and often a taste for lavish living and political advancement. They were satirized by Samuel Foote in a highly successful play, The Nabob, put on at the... Read more |
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Benjamin Oliver Davis
Benjamin Oliver Davis 1877-1970, American general, b. Washington, D.C. After studying (1897-98) at Howard Univ., Davis served as a lieutenant in the Spanish-American War and in 1899 enlisted in the regular army as a private. He subsequently rose through years of service to become (1940) the first... Read more |
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Andrew Fletcher
Andrew Fletcher 1655-1716, Scottish politician, known as Fletcher of Saltoun. An opponent of the policies of the duke of Lauderdale and the duke of York (later James II) in Scotland, he fled to Holland in 1682. He joined the rebellion (1685) of the duke of Monmouth but abandoned it as a result of... Read more |
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Richard Burbage
Richard Burbage , 1567?-1619, first great English actor. The leading tragedian of the Chamberlain's Men , he originated the title roles in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Lear, Othello, and Richard III. He may also have appeared in many of the first productions of plays by Thomas Kyd, Beaumont and... Read more |
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Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius
Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius , c.260-AD 340, Christian author and apologist, b. Africa. He taught rhetoric at Diocletian's school in Nicomedia and during the persecutions was converted to Christianity. Later (c.316) he was Latin tutor at Trier to Crispus, Constantine's son. His works, which... Read more |
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burlesque
burlesque [Ital.,=mockery], form of entertainment differing from comedy or farce in that it achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion. It differs from satire in that it is devoid of any ethical element. The word first came into use in the 16th cent. in an opera of the... Read more |
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