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John Caldwell Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun
John Caldwell Calhoun , 1782-1850, American statesman and political philosopher, b. near Abbeville, S.C., grad. Yale, 1804. He was an intellectual giant of political life in his day. Early Career Calhoun studied law under Tapping Reeve at Litchfield, Conn., and began (1808) his public career in the... Read more
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Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore Norman A. Graebner ZACHARY TAYLOR entered the world of politics fresh from his personal triumphs in the Mexican War. Leaders of the Whig party had condemned the war as an inexcusable aggression against Mexico, but they ... Read more
Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal
Fernando Arrabal , 1932-, French playwright, b. Melilla, Morocco. He studied law in Madrid before moving to Paris in 1954. His plays, which reflect his abhorrence of political repression, bourgeois complacency, and war, are often abstract and savagely ironic, employing sadism or sacrilege to shock... Read more
Maurice Maurice
Maurice 1521-53, duke (1541-47) and elector (1547-53) of Saxony. A member of the Albertine branch of the ruling house of Saxony, he became duke of Albertine Saxony during the Protestant Reformation. Although a Protestant, he was more swayed by political than by religious motives. In 1546 he made an... Read more
Storm Jameson Storm Jameson
Storm Jameson (Margaret Storm Jameson), 1891-1986, English novelist and critic, b. Whitby, Yorkshire, grad. Leeds Univ., 1912. Descended from a shipbuilding family, she drew on her knowledge of that business for her first three novels, a family chronicle trilogy reprinted as The Triumph of Time ... Read more
Laurence Oliphant Laurence Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant , 1829-88, British author, b. Capetown, South Africa. Although he wrote some valuable travel books, he is probably best remembered for his fascinating life. The son of a judge, he became a lawyer and later secretary to Lord Elgin . He was a correspondent for the London Times ... Read more
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Thomas Pinckney Thomas Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney 1750-1828, American political leader and diplomat, b. Charleston, S.C.; brother of C. C. Pinckney and cousin of Charles Pinckney. At the outbreak of the American Revolution he joined the militia; he saw action in Florida, took part in the defense of Charleston (1780), and was... Read more
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Huguenots , French Protestants, followers of John Calvin . The term is derived from the German Eidgenossen, meaning sworn companions or confederates. Origins Prior to Calvin's publication in 1536 of his Institutes of the Christian Religion, a reform movement already existed in France. Despite... Read more

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