(Encyclopedia) Sodoma, IlSodoma, Ilēl sôˈdōmä [key], c.1477–1549, Sienese painter, whose real name was Giovanni Antonio Bazzi. Born in Vercelli, Piedmont, he went to Rome c.1508. Commissioned by Pope…
Senate Years of Service: 1879-1885Party: RepublicanHILL, Nathaniel Peter, a Senator from Colorado; born in Montgomery, Orange County, N.Y., February 18, 1832; attended Montgomery Academy and…
These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…
(Encyclopedia) Map or Mapes, Walter, c.1140–c.1210, English author, b. Wales. A favorite of Henry II, he traveled with the king and became archdeacon of Oxford. The one work indubitably his, De nugis…
talk-show host, actressBorn: 9/21/1968Birthplace: New York City Talk-show host and actress who appeared in John Waters's cult films Hairspray (1988) and Cry-Baby (1990) before gaining fame as the…