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Errol Flynn

actorBorn: 6/20/1909Birthplace: Hobart, Tasmania Film actor known for his roles as a swashbuckling romantic. His films include Captain Blood (1935) and The Sea Hawk (1940).Died: 10/14/1959

Willard Boyle

Born: 1924 Birthplace: Nova Scotia Charge-coupled device—The charge-coupled device (CCD) was key to advancing digital…

Peter Boyle

actorBorn: 10/18/1933Birthplace: Philadelphia Playing character roles in film and TV from the late 1960's, he gained attention as the vigilante title character in Joe (1970), as the cynical…

Boyle, Kay

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Kay, 1903–93, American writer, b. St. Paul, Minn. A European expatriate in the interwar years, she returned to Europe as a correspondent for the New Yorker (1946–53) and…

Boyle, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Robert, 1627–91, Anglo-Irish physicist and chemist. The seventh son of the 1st earl of Cork, he was educated at Eton and on the Continent and conducted most of his researches at…

Flynn, Edward Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Flynn, Edward Joseph, 1892–1953, American political leader, b. New York City. He practiced law in New York City and served (1917–21) in the New York state legislature. Flynn became…

Flynn, James Robert

(Encyclopedia) Flynn, James Robert, 1934-2020, American political scientist and psychologist, b. Washington, D.C., Univ. of Chicago (Ph.D., 1958).…

Flynn, Michael Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Flynn, Michael Thomas, 1958–, U.S. military officer and government official, b. Middletown, R.I., Univ. of Rhode Island (B.S., 1981).…

Boyle, T. C.

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, T. C. (Thomas John Coraghessan Boyle), 1948–, American writer, b. Peekskill, N.Y., grad. State Univ. of New York (B.A. 1968), Univ. of Iowa (M.F.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1977). He…