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Dame Judi Dench

actressBorn: 12/9/1934Birthplace: York, England Acclaimed British stage and screen actress who was awarded the Order of the British Empire and was made a Dame of the British Empire. In 1996, she…

Women Literary Figures

  Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…

2004 Notable Books for Children

These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…

Prince William | Royal Biographies

  by David Johnson Prince William and his younger brother, Prince Henry (Source:AP) Related Links Royal Family Tree Queen Elizabeth II King Charles III…

Longest-Serving Living Monarchs

With the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand in 2016 after a 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II of the U.K. became the longest-serving living monarch, reigning since 1952…

Emily Blackwell

physicianBorn: 10/8/1826Birthplace: Bristol, England After several rejections because of her sex, Blackwell gained acceptance to Western Reserve University's medical school. She graduated in 1854…

Tudor

(Encyclopedia) Tudor, royal family that ruled England from 1485 to 1603. Its founder was Owen Tudor, of a Welsh family of great antiquity, who was a squire at the court of Henry V and who married…

lightship

(Encyclopedia) lightship, moored vessel bearing lights and other signal devices to guide ships and warn of hazards to navigation. Lightships are generally stationed at points where a lighthouse…

Hevelius, Johannes

(Encyclopedia) Hevelius, JohannesHevelius, Johannesyōhänˈəs hāvāˈlē&oobreve;s [key], 1611–87, Polish astronomer, b. Danzig. From a finely equipped observatory in his house at Danzig, assisted by…

Ivan VI

(Encyclopedia) Ivan VI, 1740–64, czar of Russia (1740–41), great-grandson of Ivan V. He was the son of Prince Anthony Ulric of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and of Anna Leopoldovna. An infant, he succeeded…