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Golding, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Golding, Arthur, c.1536–c.1605, English translator. He translated many Latin classics, including Caesar's Gallic War and Ovid's Metamorphoses. A Calvinist, Golding tried to infuse the…

Agabus

(Encyclopedia) AgabusAgabusăgˈəbəs [key], in the New Testament, prophet who foretold the famine in the time of Claudius Caesar and the imprisonment of Paul.

Janiculum

(Encyclopedia) Janiculum: see Rome before Augustus under Rome.

Aventine

(Encyclopedia) Aventine, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome.

Caelian

(Encyclopedia) Caelian, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome.

Viminal

(Encyclopedia) Viminal, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome.

Carl Reiner

actor, writer, directorBorn: 3/20/1922Birthplace: Bronx, New York Emmy Award-winning actor, writer and director considered one of television's most creative minds. His credits include Caesar's Hour…

Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3d duke of

(Encyclopedia) Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3d duke of, 1735–1811, British statesman. After serving as a secretary of state (1765–66), he became first lord of the treasury in Lord Chatham's…

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902–74, American aviator

(Encyclopedia) Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902–74, American aviator who made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight, b. Detroit; son of Charles A. Lindbergh (1859–1924). He left the Univ. of…

Heathfield, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Heathfield, 1st Baron: see Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar.