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Frank Leslie
Frank Leslie 1821-80, American engraver and publisher, b. England. He learned his trade on the Illustrated London News, but in 1848 immigrated to New York City, where in 1855 he began publishing Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, one of the first influential newsweeklies. His real name,... Read more |
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veterinary medicine
veterinary medicine diagnosis and treatment of diseases of animals. An early interest in animal diseases is found in ancient Greek writings on medicine. Veterinary medicine began to achieve the stature of a science with the organization of the first school in the field in Lyons, France, in 1761,... Read more |
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Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh
Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh , 1903-66, English writer, considered the greatest satirist of his generation. Educated at Oxford, he was briefly an art student and a teacher but spent much of his time traveling. He served with distinction in World War II. Waugh burst upon the literary scene with a... Read more |
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dancing
dancing. References to dancing in travellers' accounts of rural life in Ireland date from the 16th century, but the development of step dancing as a formal art does not appear to have taken place before the last quarter of the 18th century. Given that the preponderance of instrumental melody which... Read more |
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Sartoris
Sartoris, novel by Faulkner, published in 1929 with editorial cuts. Flags in the Dust (1973) is the full text.Bayard Sartoris comes home to Jefferson, Miss., from combat as an aviator in World War I, in which his twin brother John, also a flyer, has been killed. His grandfather, old Bayard, head of... Read more |
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P L Travers
P. L. Travers (Pamela Lyndon Travers), 1899-1996, British author best known for her Mary Poppins children's books, b. Australia as Helen Lyndon Goff. She worked as an actress and journalist and moved to London in 1924. With Mary Poppins (1934), Travers introduced the world's children to that... Read more |
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Richard Cromwell
Richard Cromwell 1626-1712, lord protector of England; third son of Oliver Cromwell. He was the eldest surviving son at the death of his father (Sept. 3, 1658), who had nominated him as his successor. Although he had served in Parliament and on the council of state, Richard lacked the energy and... Read more |
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Reassembling the dust: The art of biography
REEL WORLD WHILE MY DAY...my books are biographies. I am fascinated...penchant for biography mirrors a national...A&E's "Biography." Moreover...to A&E's Biography Magazine. The making of film biographies (both ... |