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William Hayden English
William Hayden English 1822–96, U.S. Congressman (1853–61), b. Scott co., Ind. A lawyer, he entered politics and served in the House of Representatives (1853–1861). In 1858, when the terms under which Kansas would be admitted to the Union were a crucial question, he proposed a compromise; Kansas was offered a land grant if it would accept the proslavery Lecompton Constitution. Southern votes passed the "English compromise," but the Kansans—as English is said to have foreseen—refused it. He was vice presidential running mate to Gen. W. S. Hancock on the unsuccessful Democratic ticket in 1880. |
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"William Hayden English." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "William Hayden English." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-English.html "William Hayden English." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-English.html |
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Hayden, Robert
Hayden, Robert (1913–80), born in Detroit, educated at the University of Michigan, was a professor of English at Fisk and his alma mater. His first volume of poems, Heart‐Shape in the Dust (1940), shows him as a spokesman for his fellow blacks, but though he continued to use racial subjects, e.g. The Ballad of Nat Turner, his fine craftsmanship and broader view of human experience rise to a more universal level in the poems of later volumes: Figure of Time (1955), A Ballad of Remembrance (1962), Selected Poems (1966), Words in the Mourning Time (1970), and American Journal (1978).
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hayden, Robert." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hayden, Robert." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-HaydenRobert.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hayden, Robert." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-HaydenRobert.html |
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English Hymnal, The
English Hymnal, The. An Anglican hymnbook, published in 1906, which to some extent reflects the Anglo-Catholic sympathies of those responsible for its production. In 1986 a revision, designed to meet the needs occasioned by liturgical changes and shifts in custom and feeling, was issued under the title New English Hymnal. Both the original edition and the revision include some liturgical matter as well as hymns.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "English Hymnal, The." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "English Hymnal, The." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-EnglishHymnalThe.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "English Hymnal, The." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-EnglishHymnalThe.html |
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English Hymnal, The
English Hymnal, The. Coll. of Eng. hymns and tunes pubd. 1906 (rev. 1933) ed. by Percy Dearmer with Vaughan Williams as mus. ed. Incl. several hymn tunes by Vaughan Williams and others by his Eng. contemporaries, several being adaptations of folk-songs.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "English Hymnal, The." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "English Hymnal, The." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-EnglishHymnalThe.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "English Hymnal, The." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-EnglishHymnalThe.html |
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