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Virgil Thomson
Virgil Thomson 1896-1989, American composer, critic, and organist, b. Kansas City, Mo. Thomson studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger . Until about 1926 he wrote in a dissonant, neoclassic style, but after his 16-minute quintet Sonata da chiesa (1926) he began to employ a highly simplified style... Read more |
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Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger , 1887-1979, French conductor and musician, b. Paris. Boulanger was considered an outstanding teacher of composition. She studied at the Paris Conservatory, where in 1945 she became professor. Boulanger taught at the École normale de Musique, Paris, and (from 1921) at the... Read more |
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Tom Thomson
Tom Thomson 1877-1917, Canadian painter of typically Canadian outdoor scenes, b. Ontario. Thomson was self-taught. Most of the year he served as a guide at Algonquin Provincial Park in order to support himself as a painter. His love of the outdoors was reflected in bold, vibrantly colored... Read more |
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William Thomson Baron Kelvin
Thomson, Lord Kelvin, William (1824-1907) Scottish physicist William Thomson, known to history as Lord Kelvin, was granted the first scientific peerage by Queen Victoria in 1892 for his unique consulting work that made possible the installation of the transatlantic cable linking the telegraph... Read more |
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Mark Morris
Mark Morris 1956-, American dancer and choreographer, b. Seattle, Wash. After training in Balkan folk dance, flamenco, and ballet, he went on to dance for Eliot Feld, Laura Dean, and Lar Lubovitch. His own company, the Mark Morris Dance Group, debuted in New York in 1980; from 1988 to 1991 it was... Read more |
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The River
THE RIVER USA, 1937 Director:Pare Lorentz Production:Farm Security Administration, United States Government; black and white, 35mm; running time: 32 minutes. Released 20 October 1937, premiering in New Orleans. Filmed October 1936–1 March 1937 along the... Read more |
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Joseph John Thomson
THOMSON, JOSEPH JOHN(b. Cheetham Hill, near Manchester. England, 18 December 1856; d. Cambridge, England, 30 August 1940)physics.Thomson came to physics for want of money to enter engineering. His father, a bookseller, sent him to Owens College to mark time until a leading engineer, to whom he was... Read more |
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J. J. Thomson
Thomson, J. J. (1856–1940). Discoverer of the electron. After study in Manchester, Thomson gained a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1884 he became Cavendish professor, working on electricity and gases. Michael Faraday and then William Crookes had thought that the rays coming... Read more |
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Sir George Paget Thomson
Sir George Paget Thomson 1892-1975, English physicist; son of Sir Joseph John Thomson. He was professor of natural philosophy at the Univ. of Aberdeen (1922-30) and from 1930 to 1952 was professor of physics at Imperial College, Univ. of London. In 1952, he became master of Corpus Christi College,... Read more |
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