Designers in this season faced challenges involving making garments out of plants to creating a dress specifically for guest judge Iman by Mark Hughes Tim Gunn Project…
actressBorn: 5/24/1960Birthplace: Redruth, Cornwall, England After being discouraged by her English acting teachers, Scott Thomas moved to Paris at the age of 19, where she studied at L'Ecole…
sculptorBorn: 1904 Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. Born to Japanese poet Yonejiro Noguchi and American writer Leonie Gilmour, Noguchi was born in the U.S. (a Nisei), but was raised in Japan. He…
(Encyclopedia) MarioMariomärˈyō [key], 1810–83, stage name of Giovanni Matteo, Cavaliere di Candia, Italian tenor. An officer of the Piedmontese guard, he went to Paris in 1836 and studied at the…
Senate Years of Service: 1949-1949Party: RepublicanDULLES, John Foster, a Senator from New York; born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888; attended the public schools of Watertown, N.Y.;…
(Encyclopedia) Marville, Charles, 1813–79, pioneering French photographer, b. Charles-François Bossu, name changed c.1831. An illustrator who drew mainly landscapes and urban scenes for use in…
(Encyclopedia) Roux, JacquesRoux, Jacqueszhäk r&oomacr; [key], d. 1794, French revolutionary. A priest in Paris, he abandoned the priesthood at the start of the French Revolution. Roux was a…
HUBBARD, Levi, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Worcester, Mass., December 19, 1762; attended the common schools; moved to Paris, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), in 1785…
ORR, Alexander Dalrymple, (nephew of William Grayson), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Alexandria, Loudoun County, Va., November 6, 1761; attended the local schools; about 1782 moved…
SEYBERT, Adam, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 16, 1773; attended the common schools; completed the medical course at the University of Pennsylvania at…
