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Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart , 1897-1937, American aviator, b. Atchison, Kans. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane (1928) and the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic (1932). She was the first person to fly alone from Honolulu to California (1935). In 1937, she attempted... Read more
Amelia Jenks Bloomer Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Amelia Jenks Bloomer 1818-94, American reformer, b. Homer, N.Y. She was editor (1848-54) of the Lily, first published in Seneca Falls, N.Y., and devoted to women's rights and to temperance. In 1851 she recommended and adopted the reformed dress of short skirt and full trousers introduced by... Read more
Patience Patience
490. Patience (See also Longsuffering.) Amelia idealized personification of patience and perseverance. [Br. Lit.: Amelia ] dock bloom symbolizes patience. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 454] Enid constant and patient wife of Sir Geraint. [Welsh Lit.: Mabinogion ; Br. Lit.: “Idylls of... Read more
David Fanning David Fanning
David Fanning c.1755-1825, American Loyalist in the American Revolution, b. Amelia co., Va. He led raids on the colonials in the Carolinas and wrote (1790) an account of his adventures in The Narrative of Colonel David Fanning, first published in 1861. He later served (1791-1801) in the... Read more
Llanelli Llanelli
Llanelli , town (1981 pop. 45,336), Carmarthenshire, S Wales, on the estuary of the Loughor (Burry) River. The town's industries include tin-plate works and steelworks. Pottery, glass, and chemicals are also made. Coal was formerly mined and exported from Llanelli; the docks closed in 1951. Nearby... Read more
John Banister Tabb John Banister Tabb
John Banister Tabb 1845-1909, American poet, b. Amelia co., Va. He was converted to Roman Catholicism in 1872 and entered the priesthood in 1884. His poems on nature and religion are simple and polished and, at their best, reminiscent of the 17th-century English devotional poets. Among the... Read more
Paul Anka Paul Anka
ANKA, Paul 1941– PERSONAL Full name, Paul Albert Anka; born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; son of Andrew Emile, Sr. (a music executive) and Margaret (some sources say Camilia; maiden name, Tannis) Anka; married Anne Alison DeZogheb (a model), February 16, 1963 (divorced,... Read more
Atchison Atchison
Atchison city (1990 pop. 10,656), seat of Atchison co., NE Kans., on the Missouri River; inc. 1881. It is a trade and industrial center in a rich grain producing area. Atchison was founded (1854) near a military post, established (1818-19) on Cow Island in the Missouri, and named for David Rice ... Read more
William Wyatt Bibb William Wyatt Bibb
William Wyatt Bibb 1781-1820, first governor of Alabama (1817-20), b. Amelia co., Va. Graduated in medicine from the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1801), he began practice in Petersburg, Ga. He was a state legislator, U.S. representative (1807-13), and U.S. senator (1813-16). In Apr., 1817, President... Read more

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