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Stiles, Ezra

(Encyclopedia) Stiles, Ezra, 1727–95, American theologian and educator, b. North Haven, Conn., grad. Yale, 1746. He studied theology, was ordained in 1749, and tutored (1749–55) at Yale. Resigning…

Julia

(Encyclopedia) Julia, feminine name in the Julian gens. 1 Died 54 b.c., daughter of Julius Caesar and wife of Pompey. By her grace and tact she maintained the bond between her father and her husband…

Raul Julia

(Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay)actor, singerBorn: 3/9/1940Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico The elegant and charismatic Raul Julia performed in musical theater in his native San Juan before…

Julia Tuttle

Founder of MiamiBorn: c. 1840Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Miami is the only major U.S. city to have been founded by a woman. Julia Tuttle, a Clevelander, first saw southern Florida in 1875 when…

Julia Alvarez

AuthorBorn: 3/27/1950Birthplace: New York, New York The writing of Julia Alvarez incorporates her vivid memories of childhood in the Dominican Republic, which her family fled in 1960, and the…

Julia Roberts

actressBorn: 10/28/1967Birthplace: Smyrna, Georgia Academy Award-winning film actress known for her Southern charm and her commercially successful romantic comedies, which include Pretty Woman (…

Julia Child

(Julia McWilliams)chef and PBS personalityBorn: 8/15/1912Birthplace: Pasadena, California As host of the Emmy Award-winning educational cooking show, The French Chef, Child became a celebrity known…

Julia Ormond

actressBorn: 1/4/1965Birthplace: Surrey, England In the United States, Ormond is known for her work in Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997), Sabrina (1995), Nostradamus (1994) and Legends of the Fall (…

Julia Carson

politician Born: 7/8/1938 Birthplace: Louisville, Ky. Died: 12/15/2007 Julia Carson's political…

Child, Julia

(Encyclopedia) Child, Julia, 1912–2004, American cooking teacher, author, and television personality, b. Pasadena, Calif., as Julia Carolyn McWilliams. In the early 1940s both she and her husband-to-…