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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
George Crabbe George Crabbe
George Crabbe 1754-1832, English poet, b. Aldeburgh, Suffolk. After practicing medicine for a short time, he went to London in 1780, hoping to earn money by his writing. He was befriended by Edmund Burke, whose generous assistance aided in the publication of The Library (1781). He took orders in... Read more
Master of the Life of the Virgin Master of the Life of the Virgin
Master of the Life of the Virgin (or Master of the Life of Mary) (active c.1460–90). German painter, named after a series of eight panels (from a dismembered alterpiece) illustrating the life of the Virgin, of which the Presentation in the Temple is in the National Gallery, London, and the... Read more
Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn , 1850-1904, American-Japanese author, b. Lefkás, Ionian Islands, of Irish-Greek parentage. He was educated in Ireland, England, and France before immigrating to the United States in 1869. Handicapped by partial blindness, Hearn was a colorful, imaginative, but morbidly... Read more
Hagiography Hagiography
HAGIOGRAPHY Various types of narratives with documentary and commemorative functions for the Orthodox Church are also regarded as important literary works in the medieval Russian canon. Sacred biographies (vitae ) were written about persons who had followed Christ's example in life and shown... Read more
Adriaen Coorte Adriaen Coorte
Coorte, Adriaen (active 1683–1707). Dutch still-life painter, active around Middelburg. Nothing is known of his life, and his work was completely forgotten for more than two centuries after his death. Only a handful of paintings by him survive, but they show him to have been one of the most... Read more
Life Cycle Life Cycle
Life CycleThe eight stages of lifeConclusionBIBLIOGRAPHYThe observer of life is always immersed in it and thus unable to transcend the limited perspectives of his stage and condition. Religious world views usually evolve pervasive configurations of the course of life: one religion may envisage it as... Read more
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany, 18th Baron , 1878-1957, Anglo-Irish author. His life was spent as a soldier and sportsman. Often dealing with the fantastic and the supernatural, his works are frequently set in wholly imaginary worlds and involve myths and legends of his own making. Lord... Read more
Lycurgus Lycurgus
Lycurgus , traditional name of the founder of the Spartan constitution. The earliest mention of him is in Herodotus. Nothing is known of his life—when he lived or if he was a real man, a god, or a mythical figure. However, he is generally associated with the 7th cent. BC at the time when a... Read more
Thomas Dudley Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley 1576-1653, colonial governor of Massachusetts, b. England. As a young man he served as a clerk and later as steward to the earl of Lincoln. In 1630 he emigrated to America as deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony and spent the remainder of his life in one public office or... Read more

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