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Pamela Gordon
Pamela Gordon 1955– Premier of Bermuda Entered Political Arena A Job No One Wanted Sovereignty Unlikely Sources When Pamela Gordon was sworn in as premier of Bermuda in March of 1997, she became the Caribbean island Read more |
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Pamela
Pamela ♀ Invented by the Elizabethan pastoral poet Sir Philip Sidney (1554–86), in whose verse it is stressed on the second syllable. There is no clue to the sources that influenced Sidney in this coinage. It was later taken up by Samuel Richardson for the name of the heroine of... Read more |
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Pamela Hansford Johnson
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Samuel Nelson
Nelson, Samuel (b. Hebron, N.Y., 10 Nov. 1792; d. Cooperstown, N.Y., 13 Dec. 1873; interred Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown), associate justice, 1845–1872. Nelson was raised on the farm of his immigrant Scotch‐Irish parents and educated at a common school, private academies, and... Read more |
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Chevy Chase
CHASE, Chevy 1943– (Chevey Chase) PERSONAL Original name, Cornelius Crane Chase; born October 8, 1943, in Woodstock, NY; son of Edward Tinsley (a publishing executive) and Cathalene (a pianist and librettist; maiden name, Crane) Chase; stepson of Lawrence Widdowes (a playwright);... Read more |
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Jean Stapleton
STAPLETON, Jean 1923– PERSONAL Original name, Jeanne Murray; born January 19, 1923, in New York, NY; daughter of Joseph E. (a billboard advertising sales representative) and Marie (a singer; maiden name, Stapleton) Murray; married William H. Putch (a theatre producer and... Read more |
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Warner, Malcolm-Jamal 1970–(Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Malcolm Jamal Warner) PERSONALBorn August 18, 1970, in Jersey City, NJ; son of Robert (a drug counselor) and Pamela (a talent manager) Warner; married Karen Malina White. Education: Professional Children's School, Manhattan, NY, graduated with... Read more |
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Wendell Harrison
Harrison, Wendell Clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, bandleader Jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Wendell Harrison has long been known for taking his music into his own hands. Co-founder of the short-lived but legendary Tribe record label and collective in the 1970s, Harrison went on to found... Read more |
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Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson 1689-1761, English novelist, b. Derbyshire. When he was 50 and established as a prosperous printer, Richardson was asked to compose a guide to letter writing. The idea of introducing a central theme occurred to him, and he interrupted his task to write and publish his novel of... Read more |
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P L Travers
P. L. Travers (Pamela Lyndon Travers), 1899-1996, British author best known for her Mary Poppins children's books, b. Australia as Helen Lyndon Goff. She worked as an actress and journalist and moved to London in 1924. With Mary Poppins (1934), Travers introduced the world's children to that... Read more |
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