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Nell Gwyn Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn (Eleanor Gwyn), 1650-87, English actress. Once an orange-seller at the Theatre Royal, she became a member of Killigrew's company, making her debut there in 1665. Her charm and vivacity in comic roles endeared her to the public, as did her witty renditions of prologues and epilogues. She... Read more
Nell Nell
Nell ♀ Medieval short form of Eleanor, Ellen, and Helen. For the initial N-, compare Nan and Ned. It was the name by which Charles II's mistress Eleanor Gwyn (1650–87) was universally known to her contemporaries, and at about that time it also became established as an independent... Read more
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Nell Dunn Nell Dunn
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Hereford Hereford
Hereford , town (1991 pop. 48,277), Herefordshire, W central England. Hereford is a cattle-market town, from which the cattle breed takes its name. Industries include food processing, brewing, and light manufacturing. At its cathedral, which probably dates from the 11th cent., the Festival of the... Read more
Colonel Sellers Colonel Sellers
Colonel Sellers (1874), a play by George Densmore and Mark Twain ( Samuel Clemens). [Park Theatre, 119 perf.] Col. George Selby ( Milnes Levick), although a married man, seduces Laura Hawkins ( Gertrude Kellogg). When she learns that he is married she kills him. Hovering not very far in the... Read more
Nell Carter Nell Carter
Nell Carter 1948–2003 Singer, actor, performer At a Glance… Selected works Sources Popular actress and singer Nell Carter was best known for her Emmy award-nominated role as the sassy housekeeper on the 1980s television sitcom, Gimme a Break. She originally made her name on the... Read more
Oligopoly Oligopoly
OligopolyModelsbibliographyOligopoly, the economist’s analogue to oligarchy in political science, is defined as a market situation where independent sellers are few in number. The origin of the term is not clear, but it is known to have appeared in the original, 1518 Latin version of Thomas More’s... Read more
Merovingian art and architecture Merovingian art and architecture
Merovingian art and architecture . This period is named for Merovech, the founder of the first Germanic-Frankish dynasty (c.AD 500-AD 751). The Merovingian period was marked by the gradual decline of the classical tradition and by the absorption of a radically new element into the artistic... Read more
Great Trek Great Trek
Great Trek , the journey by Afrikaner farmers ( Boers ) who left the Cape Colony to escape British domination and eventually founded Natal, Transvaal, and the Orange Free State. Trek is an Afrikaans term, originally meaning a journey by ox wagon. In this most famous trek, 12,000 Boers left the Cape... Read more

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