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William Whitehead
William Whitehead 1715-85, English poet and playwright. He wrote several plays based on ancient Greek models, including Creusa, Queen of Athens (1754). Whitehead was appointed poet laureate in 1757. Although his light verse had been admired, the more grandiose works that he was required to write... Read more |
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell 3d Earl Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell Russell, 3d Earl 1872-1970, British philosopher, mathematician, and social reformer, b. Trelleck, Wales. Life The Early Years Russell had a distinguished background: His grandfather Lord John Russell introduced the Reform Bill of 1832 and was twice prime minister;... Read more |
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Zoe Caldwell
CALDWELL, Zoe 1933– PERSONAL Original name, Ada Caldwell; born September 14, 1933, in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia; daughter of A. E. (a plumber) and Zoe (a singer and dancer) Caldwell; married Robert Whitehead (a producer), May 9, 1968 (died June 15, 2002); children: William "Sam"... Read more |
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poet laureate
poet laureate , title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. It is an outgrowth of the medieval English custom of having versifiers and minstrels in the king's retinue, and of the later royal patronage of poets, such as Chaucer and ... Read more |
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naturalism (philosophy)
naturalism in philosophy, a position that attempts to explain all phenomena and account for all values by means of strictly natural (as opposed to supernatural) categories. The particular meaning of naturalism varies with what is opposed to it. It is usually considered the opposite of idealism ,... Read more |
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surrogate mother
surrogate mother a woman who agrees, usually by contract and for a fee, to bear a child for a couple who are childless because the wife is infertile or physically incapable of carrying a developing fetus. Often the surrogate mother is the biological mother of the child, conceiving it by means of ... Read more |
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epistemology
epistemology [Gr.,=knowledge or science], the branch of philosophy that is directed toward theories of the sources, nature, and limits of knowledge. Since the 17th cent. epistemology has been one of the fundamental themes of philosophers, who were necessarily obliged to coordinate the theory of... Read more |
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Whitehead, William
Whitehead, William (1715–85), was best known in his day for his successful neo-classical tragedy The Roman Father (1750), a version of... |
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Harvard University
...Longfellow, Henry Adams, Santayana, Whitehead, William James, Bliss Perry, Irving Babbitt...Kittredge, Robert Hillyer, MacLeish, William Alfred, and Bernard Bailyn...1858), John Fiske (1863), William James (M.D., 1869), Wister... |
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Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl (1872–1970) Welsh philosopher, mathematician...Mathematica (1910–13), written in collaboration with A. N. Whitehead, set out to show how mathematics was grounded in logic. In Our... |
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Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, third Earl Russell
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, third Earl Russell (1872–1970), wrote voluminously on philosophy...Principia Mathematica (the latter in collaboration with A. N. Whitehead, 1910) quickly became classics of mathematical logic. Other... |
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Torpedoes
...device, was invented in 1866 by Robert Whitehead, a British engineer working for the...Howell type, the navy turned back to the Whitehead in 1892. Improved models soon...Bibliography Buford Rowland and and William B. Boyd , U.S. Na |
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Bus Stop
Bus Stop (1955), a play by William Inge. [Music Box Theatre, 478 perf.] At a small‐town Kansas...of lustiness to what is basically sentimental.” The Robert Whitehead–Roger L. Stevens production was particularly applauded for... |
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poet laureate
...James I awarded Ben Jonson a pension in 1616 and he and Sir William Davenant (1637) were widely recognized as laureates. But...Wordsworth (1843) and Tennyson (1850); less distinguished were Whitehead (1757), Pye (1790), and Alfred Austin (1896). The... |
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poet laureate
...James I awarded Ben Jonson a pension in 1616 and he and Sir William Davenant (1637) were widely recognized as laureates. But...Wordsworth (1843) and Tennyson(1850): less distinguished were Whitehead (1757), Pye (1790), and Alfred Austin (1896). |
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PJM Promotes William Whitehead to Vice President - State Government Policy.
...District of Columbia, has promoted William H. Whitehead to the post of vice president - State Government Policy. Whitehead previously was the executive...the electric utility industry, Whitehead has extensive experience in engineering... |
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Medical Services International Inc. Appoints William Whitehead, Jr. as Vice...
...Services International Inc. is pleased to announce that William Whitehead, Jr. (Bill) has been appointed Vice President...This appointment is effective immediately. Mr. Whitehead based in Toronto, has in excess of 15 years of experience... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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OBIT - WHITEHEAD, RONALD WILLIAM
Ronald William Whitehead, 74, of Pulaski, passed away Friday, October 14, 2005. A family memorial service will be conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the home of James Spence, Draper. Arrangements by Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski. |
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Whitehead, William J.
SAVANNAH, Mo. - William J. Whitehead, Jr. 87, Savannah, formerly of...in Ft. Riley, Kan., the son of William J. and Pearl M. (Hunt) Whitehead, and attended Topeka High School. William served his country during World War... |
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Obituary: WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM
William Robert Whitehead1923 ~ 2009 William Robert Whitehead, age 86, died July 15, 2009 in Orem, Utah surrounded...family. Born March 15, 1923 in St. George, Utah to William Arthur Whitehead and Clara Myrtle Watson. Married Melbadeane... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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WILLIAM N. WHITEHEAD.(LOCAL)
COURTLAND -- William Nicholas Whitehead, 93, died Nov. 18, 1996, in Southampton Memorial Hospital Mr. Whitehead was a lifelong resident of Southampton...late Ira Goode and Pearl Davis Whitehead. He was a retired farmer and co... |
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William E. Whitehead, Baptist minister
Elder William Ernest Whitehead, 71, founder and pastor of Mount...died Thursday in his home. Mr. Whitehead founded the church in a storefront...daughter, Sheila Morgan; three sons, William, Duane and Byron; a sister, Shirley... |
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Bungey jumping as Bates CEO; Exec to focus on Cordiant; Whitehead moving...
...Cordiant Communications Group. William J. Whitehead will assume the new post of president...s held since December. Mr. Whitehead, 54, will report directly to...America -- will report to Mr. Whitehead, who will remain in New York... |
 "The Independent on Sunday (London, England)")
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DISCS: Various Artists North Star - Deborah Calland/William Whitehead...
...Watkins' Three Orations, Samuel's elegant Threnody with Fanfares and Holloway's virtuosic Canzona and Toccata. Whitehead's solos include MacMillan's polished Wedding Introitand Byrchmore's overwrought Into the Silent Land. |
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Oklahoma pair convicted in $4 million bribery try.(Patricia Whitehead,...
...the former trader, Patricia Whitehead, said yesterday that Whitehead plans to appeal the federal...will be an appeal," said William Earley, a federal public defender...Norman, Okla., businessman William Pretty, who was charged with... |
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