actress; modelBorn: 3/10/1958Birthplace: Meadville, Pennsylvania After working as a Ford model in the 1970s, Stone's movie career began with a nonspeaking part in Stardust Memories (1980). After…
(Encyclopedia) Tate, Allen (John Orley Allen Tate), 1899–1979, American poet and critic, b. Winchester, Ky., grad. Vanderbilt Univ., 1922. He was one of the founders and editors of the Fugitive (1922…
(Encyclopedia) Tate, NahumTate, Nahumnāˈhəm [key], 1652–1715, English poet and dramatist, b. Dublin. He wrote several popular adaptations of Shakespeare, the most famous being his King Lear (1681),…
(Encyclopedia) Tate Gallery, London, originally the National Gallery of British Art. The original building (in Millbank on the former site of Millbank Prison), with a collection of 65 modern British…
(Encyclopedia) Sharon, ArielSharon, Arielärˈēĕl shärōnˈ [key], 1928–2014, Israeli general and politician, b. Kfar Malal as Ariel Scheinerman. As a teenager he joined the Haganah, the underground…
American poetBorn: November 19, 1942Birthplace: San Francisco Sharon Olds has published seven volumes of poetry, including The Dead and the Living, which won the National…
director, screenwriter, actorBorn: 8/18/1933Birthplace: Paris, France A survivor of war-torn Nazi Poland, Polanski first came to prominence as a director of Polish films before moving to France and…
(Encyclopedia) SharonSharonshāˈrən, shârˈən [key], plain between the Samarian Hills of central Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, extending c.50 mi (80 km) from Jaffa to Caesarea, and mentioned…
(Encyclopedia) rose of Sharon, common name for several plants, especially Hibiscus syriacus, of the family Malvaceae (mallow family), and for St.-John's-wort, i.e., any species of the genus Hypericum…
TATE, Magnus, a Representative from Virginia; born in Berkeley County, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1760; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; engaged in agricultural pursuits;…
