Source: Archive Photos Sinatra continued to wow critics and fans when he made the leap to film and emerged as a serious actor. His role as doomed soldier Angelo Maggio in 1953's poignant portrait…
(Encyclopedia) Partridge, Eric Honeybrook, 1894–1979, British lexicographer; b. New Zealand. He studied in Australia and at Oxford, taught briefly in England, and founded a small publishing company.…
(Encyclopedia) Udall, Nicholas, 1505–56, English dramatist, educated at Oxford. He was headmaster of Eton (1534–41) and of Westminster School (from 1554). His one extant play, Ralph Roister Doister (…
BRADLEY, Jeb, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, on October 20, 1952; B.A., Tufts University, Medford, Mass., 1974; business owner; member of the New…
HARPER, Gregg, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., June 1, 1956; graduated from Pearl High School, Pearl, Miss., 1974; B.S., Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss…
MURPHY, Christopher, a Representative from Connecticut; born in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., August 3, 1973; B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1996; attended Exeter…
LOVE, William Franklin, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Liberty, Amite County, Miss., March 29, 1850; attended the common schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford;…
BRYAN, Joseph, a Representative from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., August 18, 1773; was educated by private tutors and attended Oxford University in England; traveled in France during the…
(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917–96, American jazz singer, b. Newport News, Va. Probably the most celebrated jazz vocalist of her generation, Fitzgerald was reared in Yonkers, N.Y., moving after…
(Encyclopedia) Trinity [Lat.,=threefoldness], fundamental doctrine in Christianity, by which God is considered as existing in three persons. While the doctrine is not explicitly taught in the New…
