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Marguerite Higgins
Marguerite Higgins American journalist Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966) gained respect among fellow reporters, the U.S. military, and the American public for her courage and determination as a war correspondent. She was most recognized for her front-line reports of the Korean War in the 1950s,... Read more |
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Dame Rebecca West
Dame Rebecca West 1892-1983, English novelist and critic, b. Ireland as Cicily Isabel Fairfield. West began her career as a journalist for feminist and suffragist publications. At various times she served as a literary critic and political writer for American and British journals. Her trenchant... Read more |
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George Biddle
George Biddle 1885-1973, American painter and writer on art, b. Philadelphia. After studying abroad Biddle settled in the 1930s in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., where he devoted himself to paintings of social import. During World War II he served as chairman of the War Dept. Art Commission and later held... Read more |
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American Journal of Public Health
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH The American Journal of Public Health is a monthly publication of the American Public Health Association. The mission of the Journal, which began publication in 1911 as a continuation of the American Journal of Public Hygiene, is to advance public health research,... Read more |
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Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley1952— Writer Walter Mosley has broken new ground as a mystery writer by incorporating issues of race into novels that stand on their own as gripping detective fiction. His novels are all written from an African-American perspective. He has also branched out into the areas of science... Read more |
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Fernand Braudel
Fernand Braudel 1902-85, French historian. He studied under Lucien Febvre and was a founder of the Annales school of historiography. As a German prisoner-of-war during World War II, he wrote his monumental The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II (1949). After the... Read more |
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American Geographical Society
American Geographical Society (AGS), oldest geographical society in the United States, founded 1852 in New York City. Its purpose is to advance the science of geography through discussion and publication. The society maintains its collection in the library at the Univ. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.... Read more |
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Albert Coady Wedemeyer
Albert Coady Wedemeyer , 1897-1989, American general, b. Omaha, Nebr., grad. West Point, 1918. After service in China, the Philippines, and Europe, he was graduated (1936) from the general staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and was sent to the German general staff school. In World War II he... Read more |
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Pulitzer Prizes
Pulitzer Prizes annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes are paid from the income of a fund left by Joseph Pulitzer to the trustees of Columbia Univ. They have been awarded each May since 1917 on the recommendation of an advisory board comprising... Read more |
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John Richard Hersey
John Richard Hersey , 1914-93, American author, b. China, grad. Yale, 1936. Reflecting his experiences as a war correspondent in World War II, many of his writings are concerned with the problem of intolerance and inhumanity. His first novel, A Bell for Adano (1944; Pulitzer Prize), depicts the... Read more |
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