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Pompeo, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Pompeo, Mike (Michael Richard Pompeo), 1963–, U.S. politician and government official, b. Orange, Calif., grad. U.S. Military Academy, 1986, Harvard Law School, 1994. He served in the…

Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo

(Encyclopedia) Batoni, Pompeo GirolamoBatoni, Pompeo Girolamopōmpĕˈō jērôˈlämō bätôˈnē [key], 1708–87, Italian painter. Batoni studied and worked in Rome, learning much from the work of Corregio and…

DeGeneres, Ellen Lee

(Encyclopedia) DeGeneres, Ellen Lee, 1958- , American actor and talk-show host, b. Metairie, La. DeGeneres’s parents split in 1974, and she…

Wilkinson, Ellen

(Encyclopedia) Wilkinson, Ellen, 1891?–1947, English politician. Of a working-class family, she graduated from the Univ. of Manchester and became a union organizer. A Labour member of Parliament (…

Leoni, Leone

(Encyclopedia) Leoni, LeoneLeoni, Leonelāōˈnā lāōˈnē [key], 1509–90, Italian sculptor and medalist, called Leone Aretino. Entering the service of the emperor, Charles V, he devoted himself to making…

Key, Ellen

(Encyclopedia) Key, EllenKey, Ellenkā [key], 1849–1926, Swedish author, critic, and ideologue. Believing that women are primarily fitted for motherhood, she deplored feminist claims to equality on…

Craig, Edward Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English scene designer, producer, and actor. The son of Ellen Terry, Gordon Craig began acting with Henry Irving's Lyceum company (1885–97). Feeling…

The Ellen Show

CBSFriday 8:00–8:30 p.m.Cast:Ellen DeGeneres, Cloris Leachman, Emily Rutherfurd, Martin Mull It didn't take DeGeneres four years to come out on her new show. Only minutes into her second…

Tree, Ellen

(Encyclopedia) Tree, Ellen: see Kean, Edmund.