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The Queen Mother | Royal Biographies

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Hardwick, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Hardwick, Elizabeth, 1916–2007, American literary critic, novelist, and short-story writer, b. Lexington, Ky.; grad Univ. of Kentucky (B.A., 1938; M.A., 1939). She moved (1939) to New…

Jensen, Arthur Robert

(Encyclopedia) Jensen, Arthur Robert, 1923-2012, American social scientist and psychologist, b. San Diego, Ca, Univ. of Ca., Berkeley (B.A., 1945),…

patron

(Encyclopedia) patron [Lat.,=like a father], one who lends influential support to some person, cause, art or institution. Patronage existed in various ancient cultures but was primarily a Roman…

Byatt, A. S.

(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…

Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. His son…