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Sir William Reid Dick
Dick, Sir William Reid (1878–1961). British sculptor, born in Glasgow, where he studied at the School of Art, 1906–7, following a five-year apprenticeship to a stonemason. In 1907 he moved to London, where he lived for the rest of his life, although he maintained links with his native... Read more |
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Janie
Janie (1942), a comedy by Josephine Bentham and Herschel Williams. [Henry Miller Theatre, 642 perf.] When seventeen‐year‐old Janie Colburn ( Gwen Anderson) meets Pvt. Dick Lawrence ( Herbert Evers), the son of her mother's old friend, she instantly forgets her high school beau,... Read more |
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Moby-Dick
MOBY-DICK MOBY-DICK, Herman Melville's sixth book, was published in 1851. It was a work in which, as the novelist Walker Percy has written, Melville first fully felt "the happiness of the artist discovering, breaking through into the freedom of his art." Moby-Dick began as yet another... Read more |
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Nancy Patricia Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi , 1940-, U.S. congresswoman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-), b. Baltimore as Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro. The daughter of Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr., who served as Baltimore's mayor and a congressman, she moved to California, where she became active in the... Read more |
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Dick Vitale
Dick Vitale 1939- American sportscaster ESPN's "mouth that roars," Dick Vitale, is more than a college basketball announcer. He is a cult figure, showman, power broker, author, columnist, cameo actor, motivational speaker and frequent lightning rod for controversy. Players,... Read more |
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Tom
Tom male personal forename.Tom and Jerry names of the two chief characters in Egan's Life in London, 1821, and its continuation, 1828; whence in various allusive and attributive uses, especially as name of a compound alcoholic drink, a kind of highly-spiced punch.Tom and Jerry are also the names... Read more |
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Dick Francis
FRANCIS, Dick Nationality: British. Born: Richard Stanley Francis in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, 31 October 1920. Education: Maidenhead County Boys' School, Berkshire. Military Service: Served as a Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force, 1940-45. Family: Married Mary Margaret Brenchley in 1947;... Read more |
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Dick Clark
Dick Clark Rock music promoter, producer Rock ‘n Roll History With Fame Came Wealth His Face was Everywhere Sources Dick Clark doesn’t play a musical instrument, has written a few bad songs, and made one record that sunk without a trace, but he has been a prevailing force in the music... Read more |
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Dick Whittington
Whittington, Dick Both a legendary and historical figure, Dick Whittington was an English merchant and Lord Mayor of London. The real Dick Whittington was the son of a knight, and he became rich and famous selling fabrics to kings and nobles. The wealthiest merchant of his... Read more |
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