(Encyclopedia) Oliver or Olivier, IsaacOliver or Olivier, Isaacōlĭvˈēər [key], 1556?–1617, English miniature painter. Oliver was a worthy follower of Hilliard as miniature painter to Elizabeth's…
The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the United States' best hospitals is prepared by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of…
(Encyclopedia) Francis de Sales, Saint, 1567–1622, French Roman Catholic preacher, Doctor of the Church, and key figure in the Counter Reformation in France. He was a member of an aristocratic family…
(Encyclopedia) Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher), 1908–92, American culinary writer, b. Albion, Mich. Raised in California, Fisher lived in France for three years, where she was inspired…
The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the United States' best hospitals is prepared by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of…
The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the United States' best hospitals is prepared by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of…
(Encyclopedia) Kent State University, mainly at Kent, Ohio; coeducational; founded 1910 as a normal school, became Kent State College in 1929, gained university status in 1935. The university's…
