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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Genital Herpes

Genital HerpesSexually Transmitted DiseasesIntroductionChlamydia: The Most Common STDGenital HerpesGenital Warts and HPVSyphilis: A Sexual Scourge with a Long HistoryGonorrhea Herpes simplex virus…

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Genital Herpes

Genital HerpesSexually Transmitted DiseasesIntroductionChlamydia: The Most Common STDGenital HerpesGenital Warts and HPVSyphilis: A Sexual Scourge with a Long HistoryGonorrhea Herpes simplex virus…

Grätz, Heinrich

(Encyclopedia) Grätz or Graetz, HeinrichGrätz or Graetz, Heinrichboth: hīnˈrĭkh grĕts [key], 1817–91, German Jewish historian. He was the first modern historian to write, from a Jewish perspective, a…

Berkeley, John, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton

(Encyclopedia) Berkeley, John, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, 1602–78, English army officer and courtier. A royalist, he fought in numerous engagements in the English civil war and later, through…

Talbot, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Talbot, Thomas, 1771–1853, Canadian colonist, b. Ireland. He was a soldier and first came to Canada in 1790. In 1800 he left the army and obtained a grant of 5,000 acres (2,023…

People: Rank and File

From the pecking order of chickens to the size of children, groups have a way of lining up. Here, in order of importance, are some titles used in various organizations.U.S. Government (In Order of…

Crumb, George Henry

(Encyclopedia) Crumb, George Henry, 1929–, American composer, b. Charleston, W.Va., grad. Mason College of Music, Charleston (B.A. 1950); Univ. of Illinois (M.A. 1953); Univ. of Michigan (D.M.A. 1959…

Ozick, Cynthia

(Encyclopedia) Ozick, Cynthia, 1928–, American writer, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ. (B.A., 1949), Ohio State Univ. (M.A., 1950). Her fiction, written with high intelligence, elegant…

Women in Sports: Skating

Figure skating Theresa Weld Blanchard has achieved many figure skating firsts. She was the first U.S. national champion in 1914, won the first…