(Encyclopedia) Owl and the Nightingale, The, Middle English poem written probably by Nicholas de Guildford of Dorsetshire about the beginning of the 13th cent. Written in 2,000 lines of octosyllabic…
(Encyclopedia) NoahNoahnōˈə [key] [Heb.,=to rest], in the Bible, the builder of the ark. Righteous Noah and his family were the only people God saved from a world sunk in sin. At divine direction…
Bouvet Island The most remote spot on earth Where Is It?Bored with tropical retreats and looking for something a little more invigorating and brisk? Try the sub-Antarctic. Bouvet Island is…
Bouvet Island The most remote spot on earth Where Is It?Bored with tropical retreats and looking for something a little more invigorating and brisk? Try the sub-Antarctic. Bouvet Island is…
(Encyclopedia) HammurabiHammurabihäm&oobreve;räˈbē [key], fl. 1792–1750 b.c., king of Babylonia. He founded an empire that was eventually destroyed by raids from Asia Minor. Hammurabi may have…
(Encyclopedia) Seuss, Dr., pseud. of Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904–91, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Springfield, Mass, grad. Dartmouth College, studied Lincoln College, Oxford…
(Encyclopedia) Hillquit, Morris, 1869–1933, American lawyer and Socialist leader, b. Riga, Latvia (then in Russia). He came to the United States in 1886. He was the leader of the right-wing, or…
(Encyclopedia) CanaanCanaankāˈnən [key]. 1 According to biblical ethnography, Canaan was the son of Ham and the ancestor for whom the Canaanites were named. 2 Territory, the same as ancient Palestine…
