(Encyclopedia) McGwire, Mark DavidMcGwire, Mark Davidməgwīrˈ [key], 1963–, American baseball player, b. Pomona, Calif. A muscular first baseman who was a college and Olympic (1984) star, McGwire…
(Encyclopedia) mark, designation for the free village community that was supposed to have been the unit of primitive German social life. According to a theory formulated in the 19th cent. by Georg…
folk-rock singer, songwriterBorn: 3/20/1964Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Grammy Award-winning folk-rock singer and songwriter known for her rich alto voice and her socially conscious lyrics. Her…
(Encyclopedia) Chapman, George, 1559?–1634, English dramatist, translator, and poet. He is as famous for his plays as for his poetic translations of Homer's Iliad (1612) and Odyssey (1614–15).…
(Encyclopedia) Chapman, John, 1774–1845, American pioneer, more familiarly known as Johnny Appleseed, b. Massachusetts. From Pennsylvania—where he had sold or given saplings and apple seeds to…
BONIOR, David Edward, a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 6, 1945; graduated from Notre Dame High School, Pontiac, Mich., 1963; B.A., University of Iowa…
Senate Years of Service: 2003-Party: DemocratPRYOR, Mark, (son of David H. Pryor), a Senator from Arkansas; born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on January 10, 1963; B.A., University of Arkansas…
(Encyclopedia) Akenside, MarkAkenside, Markāˈkĭnsīd [key], 1721–70, English poet and physician. His chief literary work was the didactic poem The Pleasures of Imagination (1744). Among his other…
