(Encyclopedia) Winzer, OttoWinzer, Ottoôˈtō vĭntsˈər [key], 1902–75, East German political leader. A member of the German Communist party from 1925, he left Germany in 1935 during the Hitler era and…
(Encyclopedia) Traynor, Roger John, 1900–1983, American jurist, b. Park City, Utah, grad. Univ. of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1923, Ph.D., 1926, J.D., 1927.) After teaching political science and…
(Encyclopedia) Pudovkin, Vsevolod IlarionovichPudovkin, Vsevolod Ilarionovichfsyĕˈvələt ēləryônˈəvĭch p&oomacr;dôfˈkĭn [key], 1893–1953, Russian film director. He used new techniques of film…
(Encyclopedia) Potgieter, Everhardus JohannesPotgieter, Everhardus Johannesāvərhärˈdəs yōhänˈəs pôtˈgētər [key], 1808–75, Dutch critic, essayist, and poet. He was the first editor (1837–65) of and a…
actressBorn: 1/9/1941Birthplace: London, England Highly regarded actress best noted for her work playing struggling, psychologically damaged characters. She won the Best Actress award at the Cannes…
rock group While possessing a reputation for their off-stage antics, Oasis was the first British group to break into the American post-grunge era with the album Definitely Maybe (1994) under the…
singer, actor, producerBorn: 3/1/1927Birthplace: New York City The son of Caribbean-born immigrants, he became one of the most popular vocalists of the postwar era and also starred in such films…
actorBorn: 8/6/1917Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut Film and television actor often cast as a tough guy, he started out as an extra in the early '40s and became a star in the years following…
State symbols have been around since 1893, when the World Fair in Chicago featured a National Garland of Flowers with a flower for each of the fifty states. While these flowers didn’t necessarily…
(Encyclopedia) prophet [Gr.,=foreteller], a religious leader and spokesperson, particularly used in the Bible. The prophets emitted messages from the divine through inspired speech, the…
