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William Tatem Tilden II William Tatem Tilden II
Bill Tilden 1893-1953 American tennis player Bill Tilden has been called the greatest men's single players of all time, a player's player whose cannon of a serve, psychological know-how, paralyzing drop shot, and canny backcourt play transformed the game of tennis. Tilden's dazzling eighteen-year... Read more
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Stevenson screen A widely used shelter that contains meteorological instruments, arranged in such a way that they give standard readings. The screen consists of a box, with sides ventilated by louvres, a ventilated floor and upper part, and an air space between an inner and outer roof. The box... Read more
James Stevenson James Stevenson
Stevenson, James 1929– Personal Born 1929, in New York, NY; son of Harvey (an architect) and Winifred (Worcester) Stevenson; married Jane Walker, 1953 (deceased); married Josephine Merck (a painter), 1993; children: Jams, Harvey, three other sons, four daughters. Education: Yale University,... Read more
Thomas Moore Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore 1779-1852, Irish poet, b. Dublin. He achieved prominence in his day not only for his poetry but also for his love of Ireland and personal charm. A lawyer, he was for a time registrar of the admiralty court in Bermuda. He is remembered today for Irish Melodies, a group of lyrics... Read more
Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson) Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson) Gaskell
Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson) Gaskell , 1810-65, English novelist. When she was still an infant her mother died, and she was brought up by an aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire, the background for several of her novels of provincial life. In 1832 she married William Gaskell, a Unitarian minister. They... Read more
Friday Friday
Friday the day of the week before Saturday and following Thursday, recorded in Old English and named for the Germanic goddess Frigga, as a translation of the late Latin Veneris dies ‘day of the planet Venus’.Friday, in memory of Good Friday, was traditionally a day of fasting and... Read more
Samuel Jones Tilden Samuel Jones Tilden
Samuel Jones Tilden 1814-86, American political figure, Democratic presidential candidate in 1876, b. New Lebanon, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1841, Tilden was an eminently successful lawyer, with many railroad companies as clients. He became a strong partisan of Martin Van Buren and the ... Read more
Stephen Daye Stephen Daye
Stephen Daye c.1594-1668, British settler in North America, considered by many to be the first printer in the English American colonies. He came to Massachusetts Bay with his family in 1638 under contract to the Rev. Jose Glover , who brought along a printing press. Glover died on the voyage and... Read more
David Daiches David Daiches
Daiches, David (1912– ), scholar and author, whose works include studies of R. L. Stevenson (1947), Burns (1950), and Sir W. Scott (1971); a Critical History of English Literature (4 vols, 1960); and two vivid autobiographies, Two Worlds (1957) and Was (1975).... Read more

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