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Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred, 1924–2014, British sculptor, one of the most important and influential modernist sculptors of the late 20th cent. Educated as an engineer (grad. Cambridge, 1944), he studie...Ashley, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Ashley, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Baron: see Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of. ...De Niro, Robert Anthony Jr.
(Encyclopedia) De Niro, Robert Anthony, Jr., 1943-, American film actor and director, b. New York, N.Y. Both of De Niro’s parents were painters; De Niro was raised...Brooke, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson
(Encyclopedia)Brooke, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson: see Brooke, Sir James. ...Harper, Ida Husted
(Encyclopedia)Harper, Ida Husted, 1851–1931, American woman suffragist. Allied with the woman-suffrage movement from 1898, she became the official reporter and historian of the National American Woman Suffrage As...Cameron, Julia Margaret
(Encyclopedia)Cameron, Julia Margaret kămˈərən [key], 1815–79, English pioneer photographer, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). Born and married into the high ranks of the British civil service, Cameron became an int...Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
(Encyclopedia)Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902, American reformer, a leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Johnstown, N.Y. She was educated at the Troy Female Seminary (now Emma Willard School) in Troy, N.Y...Shaw, Anna Howard
(Encyclopedia)Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader, b. England. She emigrated (1851) to the United States in early childhood and grew up on a farm in Michigan. She received a degree in the...Avon, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Avon, 1st earl of: see Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon. ...Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon
(Encyclopedia)Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon āˈvən [key], 1897–1977, British statesman. After service in World War I ...Browse by Subject
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