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Battle of Winceby Battle of Winceby
Winceby, battle of, 1643. Sir John Henderson, royalist governor of Newark, set out in October 1643 to relieve Bolingbroke castle, near Horncastle. His force was intercepted by parliamentary cavalry under Manchester, Fairfax, and Cromwell and badly cut up on the 11th. Though a small-scale action,... Read more
James Shirley James Shirley
James Shirley 1596-1666, English dramatist. Ordained in the Church of England, he later was converted to Roman Catholicism and became a schoolmaster. He resigned that position, however, soon after the success of his first play, Love Tricks, in 1625. Included among his more than 37 plays are the... Read more
Richard Penn Smith Richard Penn Smith
Smith, Richard Penn (1799–1854),Philadelphia playwright, grandson of provost William Smith, was significant for introducing romantic tragedy in the U.S. and using foreign sources. Of his plays on American historical themes, William Penn; or, The Elm Tree (1829) and The Triumph at Plattsburg... Read more
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Frank Morgan Frank Morgan
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Sophocles Sophocles
Sophocles , c.496 BC-406 BC, Greek tragic dramatist, younger contemporary of Aeschylus and older contemporary of Euripides , b. Colonus, near Athens. A man of wealth, charm, and genius, Sophocles was given posts of responsibility in peace and in war by the Athenians. He was a general and a... Read more
Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould 1941-2002, American paleontologist and science writer, b. Queens, New York; grad. Antioch College (B.S., 1963), Columbia Univ. (Ph.D., 1967). With Niles Eldredge, Gould proposed (1972) the evolutionary theory of "punctuated equilibrium," which states that in geologic time and... Read more
Rudy Galindo Rudy Galindo
Rudy Galindo 1969- American figure skater Rudy Galindo's story is in many ways the classic American rags-to-riches tale of overcoming adversity to triumph in the end. Again and again, Galindo has over-come personal tragedies and professional setbacks that would have defeated many other athletes.... Read more
Johnnie Cochran Johnnie Cochran
Johnnie Cochran 1937– Lawyer Law Career Beckoned Discovered Issue of Police Abuse “Best in the West” The “Trial of the Century” Personal Tragedy and Professional Triumph Examined Racism in Business and Sports Sources Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. led the winning team of... Read more

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Magazine article from: Women's Feature Service ...succeeded. His triumph was tainted almost immediately by tragedy. On the descent...pyramid towers of the Matterhorn were ensured a place...woman to climb the Matterhorn. Like Whymper and...travelled to scale the Matterhorn. Today, ...

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