metal bandBorn: 1992Birthplace: Bakersfield, California One of the most significant bands of the post-grunge era, Korn is credited with updating and redefining the metal sound through their funk-…
Japanese writerBorn: c.966? Sei Shonagon was a prominent writer of Japan’s Heian era (794–1185). She is remembered for her Pillow Book (Makura no soshi), a collection of personal anecdotes, poems,…
writer, teacherBorn: 1931Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Publishing phenomenon whose 1996 account of his miserable Irish childhood, Angela's Ashes, remained on the New York Times bestseller list for…
musicianBorn: 3/17/1967Birthplace: Elk Grove, Illinois Lead singer of the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, which rose to popularity during the heyday of the grunge era. After playing with a band in…
writer and scholarBorn: June 16, 1937Died: January 9, 2010 (London, England) Best Known as: author of Love Story Segal is best known for writing Love Story, a…
(Encyclopedia) Cuoco, VincenzoCuoco, Vincenzovēnchānˈtsō k&oomacr;-ôˈkō [key], 1770–1823, Italian political philosopher. A lawyer, he was exiled (1799) from Naples for his part in establishing…
(Encyclopedia) Elssler, FannyElssler, Fannyfäˈnē ĕlˈslər [key], 1810–84, Austrian dancer. The youngest daughter of Johann Elssler, copyist and valet of Haydn, she made her debut (1833) in London. She…
(Encyclopedia) Foakes-Jackson, Frederick John, 1855–1941, English theologian and church historian. A fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, from 1886, he was lecturer there from 1882 and dean from 1895…
(Encyclopedia) JebusJebusjēˈbəs [key] or JebusiteJebusitejĕbˈy&oomacr;sīt [key], in the Bible, a pre-Israelite tribe living in the hill-country of Canaan. They were perhaps the last tribal group…
(Encyclopedia) O'Connor, Thomas Power, 1848–1929, Irish journalist and politician, known as Tay Pay [i.e., T. P.] O'Connor. In 1879 he won public notice for his hostile biography of Benjamin Disraeli…
