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Kosovo Field

(Encyclopedia)Kosovo Field kôˈsôvô [key], Serbian Kosovo Polje [field of the black birds], WSW of Priština, Kosovo, site of a battle in which the Turks under Sultan Murad I defeated Serbia and its Bosnian, Mon...

Higgs field

(Encyclopedia)Higgs field: see elementary particles. ...

hockey, field

(Encyclopedia)hockey, field, outdoor stick and ball game. Field hockey, like many sports, is of obscure origins, but traces in one form or another to the ancient Egyptians and Persians, making it one of the world's...

Field, Eugene

(Encyclopedia)Field, Eugene, 1850–95, American poet and journalist, b. St. Louis. After working on several Midwestern newspapers, in 1883 he became a columnist for the Chicago Daily News (later the Record). His u...

Field, John

(Encyclopedia)Field, John, 1782–1837, Irish composer and pianist. In London he studied with Clementi, with whom he later toured Europe. In 1804 he settled in Russia. Field was a successful pianist and his style o...

Field, Michael

(Encyclopedia)Field, Michael, pseud. used by two English authors, Katherine Harris Bradley, 1846–1914, and her niece Edith Emma Cooper, 1862–1913, who collaborated on numerous literary works, including lyrics a...

Field, Rachel

(Encyclopedia)Field, Rachel, 1894–1942, American writer, b. New York City, educated at Radcliffe. Her books for children include The Cross-Stitch Heart and Other One-Act Plays (1927), Hitty: Her First Hundred Yea...

field glass

(Encyclopedia)field glass: see binocular.

field hockey

(Encyclopedia)field hockey: see hockey, field. ...

field mouse

(Encyclopedia)field mouse: see mouse; vole. ...