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Richard Hurd Richard Hurd
Richard Hurd 1720-1808, English theologian, editor, and critic. From 1781 until his death he was bishop of Worcester. His best-known works are Moral and Political Dialogues (1757) and Letters on Chivalry and Romance (1762), an examination of knight-errantry and Gothic literature.... Read more
lord advocate lord advocate
lord advocate. The post dates from the 15th cent. when the lord advocate quickly became a prominent officer of the Scottish crown. He had a legal and political role, becoming public prosecutor with a seat in Parliament. From 1746 the lord advocate was largely responsible for the management of the... Read more
Junius Junius
Junius English political author, known only by the signature Junius, which he signed to various letters written to the London Public Advertiser from Jan., 1769, to Jan., 1772, attacking George III and his ministers. The letters, centering on John Wilkes and the controversy over the Middlesex... Read more
Richard Whittington Richard Whittington
Richard Whittington 1358-1423, English merchant and lord mayor of London. He made his fortune as a mercer and then entered London politics to become successively councilman, alderman, sheriff, and finally (1397) lord mayor, an office to which he was elected three times. Like most of the London... Read more
Linda Chavez Linda Chavez
Linda Chavez: 1947—: Civil rights advocate, columnist, commentator Bowed but far from broken by the 2001 derailment of her nomination to serve as labor secretary in the administration of George W. Bush, Linda Chavez remains as outspoken as ever in support of the conservative ideals she... Read more
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk , 1850-1937, Czechoslovak political leader and philosopher, first president and chief founder of Czechoslovakia . He is revered by most Czechs and was internationally recognized as a great democratic leader. Born in Moravia, Masaryk received (1876) his doctorate from the... Read more
Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats British political party created in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal party with the Social Democratic party ; the party was initially called the Social and Liberal Democratic party. The Social Democratic party, which was formed in 1981 by politically centrist members of the ... Read more
Douglas Hurd Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd 1930-, British politician. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he worked in the diplomatic service (1952-66) and later served as Prime Minister Edward Heath 's political secretary (1970-74). He entered the House of Commons in 1974 and held a succession of junior posts in... Read more
Sophists Sophists
Sophists , originally, itinerant teachers in Greece (5th cent. BC) who provided education through lectures and in return received fees from their audiences. The term was given as a mark of respect. Protagoras was perhaps the first to style himself a Sophist and to receive payment for his... Read more
Political Stability Political Stability
Political Stability Sources Virginia.Debate among colonial historians has often centered around the question of political stability in the British American colonies. This question has been especially pertinent to Virginia’s history. Historians disagree, for... Read more

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