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Guy Fawkes Day

Guy Fawkes DayThe anniversary of the famous Gunpowder Plot     Remember remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder, treason Should ever be…

Madonna Biography

(Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone)singer, songwriter, actress, record producerBorn: 8/16/1958Birthplace: Bay City, Michigan Singer, songwriter, and actress whose eroticism, determination, and…

David RITCHIE, Congress, PA (1812-1867)

RITCHIE, David, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pa., August 19, 1812; was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1829, and…

John RITCHIE, Congress, MD (1831-1887)

RITCHIE, John, a Representative from Maryland; born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., August 12, 1831; completed preparatory studies at the Frederick Academy; commenced the study of…

Byron Foster RITCHIE, Congress, OH (1853-1928)

RITCHIE, Byron Foster, (son of James Monroe Ritchie), a Representative from Ohio; born in Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio, January 29, 1853; moved with his parents to Toledo, Ohio, in 1860; was…

James Monroe RITCHIE, Congress, OH (1829-1918)

RITCHIE, James Monroe, (father of Byron Foster Ritchie), a Representative from Ohio; born in Dunfermline, Scotland, July 28, 1829; immigrated to the United States in 1832 with his parents, who…

Ritchie, Anne Isabella Thackeray, Lady

(Encyclopedia) Ritchie, Anne Isabella Thackeray, Lady, 1837–1919, English writer; eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. In 1877 she married a cousin, Richmond T. W. Ritchie (knighted 1907…

Chauliac, Guy de

(Encyclopedia) Chauliac, Guy deChauliac, Guy degē də shōlyäkˈ [key], c.1300–1368, French surgeon. At Avignon he was physician to Pope Clement VI and to two of his successors. His Chirurgia magna (…

Guy Blache, Alice

(Encyclopedia) Guy Blache or Guy-Blaché, Alice, 1873–1968, French-American filmmaker, b. Paris as Alice Guy. The first woman filmmaker, she directed, produced, wrote screenplays for, or supervised…