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Humphrey DeForest Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart , 1899-1957, American film actor, b. New York City. After a succession of stage roles he achieved note with his portrayal of the gangster Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest (1934). He was in films after 1930 but it was the re-creation (1936) of that role that brought him ...
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Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse (Robert Louis Fosse) , 1927-87, American choreographer and director, b. Chicago. Fosse first appeared on Broadway in Dance Me a Song (1950). He choreographed dances for The Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), and Pippin (1972). He also directed and choreographed the film Sw...
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Ken Burns
Ken Burns (Kenneth Lauren Burns), 1953-, American documentary filmmaker, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Hampshire College (1975). Acting as producer, director, and cinematographer, Burns typically explores themes from American history, blending period photographs, works of art, film, and music with narra...
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Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter 1890-1980, American author, b. Indian Creek, Tex. Although she published infrequently, she is regarded as a master of the short story. Her first book of stories, Flowering Judas (1930), received immediate recognition and critical acclaim. It was followed by Pale Horse, Pale...
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Richard Kuhn
Richard Kuhn , 1900-1967, Austrian chemist, director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Heidelberg. For his research on the carotinoids (he prepared eight of them in pure form) and on vitamins (he isolated riboflavin, or B 2 ) he was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. A Nazi decree prevented h...
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Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel , who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. These prizes were first given in 1901. The Ba...
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Man Booker Prize
Man Booker Prize an annual prize of £50,000 (originally £20,000 ) for a work of fiction by a living British, Irish, or Commonwealth writer. Great Britain's premier literary award, it was originally known as the Booker Prize and in 1969 was underwritten by the British food-distrib...
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Folquet de Marseille
Folquet de Marseille , 1150-1231, Provençal troubadour. He took orders, rose to be archbishop of Toulouse, and became notorious as the chief prosecutor in Provence of the Albigensian Crusade. Dante awarded him a place in Paradise.
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Weir, Peter
WEIR, Peter
Nationality: Australian. Born: Peter Lindsay Weir in Sydney, 8 August 1944. Education: Arts/Law coursework at University of Sydney. Family: Married Wendy Stiles, 1966, two children. Career: Worked for family real estate business, then joined television station ATN 7, Sydney...
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Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt , 1817-93, Canadian statesman, b. England; son of John Galt. In 1835 he went to Canada in the service of the British American Land Company. He directed (1844-55) the affairs of this company and was also involved in promoting the building of railroads. He was a member of th...
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