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David Garrick
David Garrick 1717-79, English actor, manager, and dramatist. He was indisputably the greatest English actor of the 18th cent., and his friendships with Diderot, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, and other notables who made up "The Club" resulted in detailed records of his life. Garrick made... Read more |
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Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), d. c.215, Greek theologian. Born in Athens, he traveled widely and was converted to Christianity. He studied and taught at the catechetical school in Alexandria until the persecution of 202. Origen was his pupil there. He probably died in Caesarea,... Read more |
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Salvian
Salvian , fl. 5th cent., Christian writer of Gaul. His Latin name was Salvianus. He was a monk and priest of Lérins (from c.424) and became a renowned preacher and teacher of rhetoric. Of his several works two treatises and nine letters are extant. De gubernatione Dei [on the governance of... Read more |
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George Wesley Bellows
George Wesley Bellows 1882-1925, American painter, draftsman, and lithographer, b. Columbus, Ohio; son of an architect and builder. In his senior year he left Ohio State Univ. to study painting under Robert Henri in New York City. Bellows never visited Europe and seemed uninfluenced by the currents... Read more |
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Joan Didion
Joan Didion , 1934-, American writer, b. Sacramento, Calif., grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1956. Her works often explore the despair of contemporary American life, a condition she views as produced by the disintegration of morality and values. She is known for a cool and almost brittle style... Read more |
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Jorg Ratgeb
Ratgeb, Jörg (b ?Schwäbisch Gmünd, c.1480; d Pforzheim, 1526). German painter, active in Swabia. His few surviving paintings show him to have been closer in spirit to Grünewald than practically any of his contemporaries. The most important is the Herrenberg Altarpiece (1519,... Read more |
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Domenico Beccafumi
Beccafumi, Domenico (b nr. Siena, c.1485; d Siena, Jan./May 1551). Sienese painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is now generally considered the outstanding Sienese Mannerist artist, although Sodoma was more highly esteemed by his contemporaries. According to Vasari, he visited Rome early in his... Read more |
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Bacchylides
Bacchylides , fl. c.470 BC, Greek lyric poet, b. Ceos; nephew of Simonides of Ceos. A contemporary of Pindar, he was patronized by Hiero I. His poetry is noted for its narrative powers, clarity, and lucidity. A number of Bacchylides' epinicia and dithyrambs were among the verses recovered from an... Read more |
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Will Downing
Will Downing Singer For the Record… Selected discography Sources Will Downing has won a loyal audience of contemporary jazz and R&B fans with albums and concerts that have showcased his rich baritone vocals and unique interpretations of R&B and pop classics. Often compared to Luther... Read more |
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