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Young, Andrew John
Young, Andrew John (1885–1971), born in Scotland, ordained a minister of the Free Church in 1912; in 1939 he was ordained in the Church of England. In 1910 his father paid for the publication of his Songs of Night, the first of many slim volumes of poetry. The first Collected Poems appeared in 1936 and the verse-play Nicodemus in 1937. The Green Man (1947) is sometimes considered his best collection. In 1952 he published a long, disturbing poem, ‘Into Hades’, which was later combined with the visionary ‘A Traveller in Time’ to create Out of the World and Back (1958), his most ambitious work. His lifelong interest in botany was reflected in a prose account of his travels and searches, A Prospect of Flowers (1945), but also in many lyrics. His spare line, sharp specific imagery, and skill with conceit, brought him much critical and public admiration. The Complete Poems was revised in 1974.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Young, Andrew John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Young, Andrew John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-YoungAndrewJohn.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Young, Andrew John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-YoungAndrewJohn.html |
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John Andrew Boehner
John Andrew Boehner , 1949–, American congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2011–), b. Cincinnati. A business executive and a Republican member (1985–90) of the Ohio house of representatives, he first won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990, and became an ally of Newt Gingrich . House Republican Conference chairman from 1995 to 1999, he also chaired (2001–6) the House committee on education and the workforce. Boehner subsequently served as House majority leader (2006–7), succeeding Tom DeLay , and as House minority leader (2007–11). After the Republicans won control of the House in the 2010 elections, he became House speaker. |
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"John Andrew Boehner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "John Andrew Boehner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BoehnerJA.html "John Andrew Boehner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-BoehnerJA.html |
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Ogdon, John
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"Ogdon, John." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ogdon, John." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-OgdonJohn.html "Ogdon, John." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-OgdonJohn.html |
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