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Thomas Pride
Thomas Pride d. 1658, English parliamentary soldier in the English civil war . In Dec., 1648, acting on the orders of the army council, he carried out Pride's Purge, expelling from Parliament 143 members (mostly Presbyterians) on the ground that they were royalist sympathizers. The remaining Rum...
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bluebird
bluebird common name for a North American migratory bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family). The eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis, is among the first spring arrivals in the North. It is about 7 in. (17.8 cm) long. The plumage of the male appears vivid blue in bright light and black at a distan...
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Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham , 1867-1939, English illustrator and watercolorist. He is known for imaginative, delicately colored, and cheerful pen drawings, especially for children's books. Among these are Peter Pan (1906), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1907), and A Christmas Carol (1915).
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fauvism
fauvism [Fr. fauve =wild beast], name derisively hurled at and cheerfully adopted by a group of French painters, including Matisse, Rouault, Derain, Vlaminck, Friesz, Marquet, van Dongen, Braque, and Dufy. Although fauvism was a short-lived movement (1905-8), its influence was international and ba...
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Frank Luther Mott
Frank Luther Mott 1886-1964, American author and professor of journalism, b. near What Cheer, Iowa. He directed (1927-42) the school of journalism at the State Univ. of Iowa and was dean (1942-51) of the school of journalism at the Univ. of Missouri. With John T. Frederick he edited and published (...
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Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple 1928-, American child film star, b. Santa Monica, Calif., as Shirley Jane Temple. She started in movies at three-and-a-half and starred in her first feature ( Stand Up and Cheer! ) in 1934. An accomplished singer and dancer, little Shirley, with her golden curls, dimples, and dazzlin...
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Red Grooms
Red Grooms 1937-, American artist, b. Nashville, Tenn. Grooms was one of the earliest practitioners of the happening . He also worked in other theatrical forms but is best known for his pop art constructions, made of brightly painted wood, metal, fabric, and other media in a wide variety of size...
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Keith Haring
Keith Haring , 1958-90, American artist, b. Kutztown, Pa. He moved to New York City in 1975 and studied at the School of Visual Arts (1978-79). Fascinated with the 1970s graffiti artists, Haring soon joined them in the subways, and his chalked drawings on station advertising boards became undergroun...
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Nancy Witcher (Langhorne) Astor Astor, Viscountess
Nancy Witcher (Langhorne) Astor Astor, Viscountess 1879-1964, British politician, b. Virginia. She was first married to Robert Gould Shaw, and after her divorce (1903) from him she went to England. There she was married (1906) to Waldorf Astor (see under Astor, William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount ...
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Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin , 1888-1989, American songwriter, b. Russia. Berlin's surname was originally Baline. Of his nearly 1,000 songs, Alexander's Ragtime Band (1911) was his first outstanding hit. In 1918, while he was in the army, he wrote, produced, and acted in Yip, Yip, Yaphank, which he rewrote in ...
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