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Porter, William T(rotter)
Porter, William T[rotter] (1809–58), born in Vermont, began his journalistic career there before moving to New York City, where in 1831 he established the Spirit of the Times, a racy chronicle primarily distinguished for its publication of tales of the Old Southwestern frontier. From it he collected material by such authors as T.B. Thorpe, G.W. Harris, J.J. Hooper, and W.T. Thompson in The Big Bear of Arkansas (1845) and A Quarter Race in Kentucky (1847).
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Porter, William T(rotter)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Porter, William T(rotter)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-PorterWilliamTrotter.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Porter, William T(rotter)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-PorterWilliamTrotter.html |
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Hooper, John
Hooper, John (c.1495–1555), Protestant martyr. In 1550 he was nominated to the see of Gloucester; he accepted only when the reference to angels and saints had been omitted from the Oath of Supremacy and after prolonged hesitation about the lawfulness of episcopal vestments. On Mary's accession he was imprisoned, and in 1555 he was tried for heresy and burnt. He was an exponent of extreme Zwinglian Protestantism and influenced the Puritans through his writings.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Hooper, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Hooper, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-HooperJohn.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Hooper, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-HooperJohn.html |
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