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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…

Susan Butcher

Born: Dec. 26, 1954Birthplace: Cambridge, Mass.Sled Dog racer 4-time winner of Iditarod Trail race (1986-88,90).Died: Aug. 5, 2006

Susan Sarandon

(Susan Abigail Tomalin)actressBorn: 10/4/1946Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning, self-possessed film actress who is known for her intelligent, sensual presence. Her films include…

Susan Lucci

actressBorn: 12/23/1946Birthplace: Scarsdale, New York For more than 30 years, Lucci has starred as the glamorous, conniving Erica Kane on ABC's soap opera All My Children (1970– ). Although she…

Graham, Susan

(Encyclopedia) Graham, Susan, 1960–, American mezzo-soprano, b. Roswell, N. Mex. Known for her vibrant, expressive voice and her superb acting ability, she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council…

Glaspell, Susan

(Encyclopedia) Glaspell, SusanGlaspell, Susanglăsˈpĕl [key], 1876–1948, American author, b. Davenport, Iowa, grad. Drake Univ. She married the playwright George Cram Cook (1913) and with him…

Sontag, Susan

(Encyclopedia) Sontag, SusanSontag, Susansŏnˈtäg [key], 1933–2004, American writer and critic, b. New York City. She grew up in Arizona and California, studied philosophy at the Univ. of Chicago,…

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…