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Head, Bessie
(Encyclopedia) Head, Bessie, 1937–86, South African writer. Born in South Africa to a white mother and black father, she was placed in foster homes and orphanages as a child. After 1964, she lived in…Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
(Encyclopedia) Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852–1930, American author, b. Randolph, Mass. Her stories and novels paint a picture of Massachusetts and Vermont still under the influence of…Immanuel ben Solomon
(Encyclopedia) Immanuel ben Solomon, c.1265–c.1330, Hebrew-Italian poet and scholar, b. Rome. He wrote biblical criticism and, in both Hebrew and Italian, satiric verse and lively stories. His work…Elijah ben Solomon
(Encyclopedia) Elijah ben Solomon, 1720–97, Jewish scholar, called the Gaon of Vilna, b. Lithuania. A leading Jewish scholar of his time, he opposed the spread of Hasidism in Lithuania and Poland…Grampians, the
(Encyclopedia) Grampians, the, or Grampian Mountains, highest mountain system of Great Britain, extending northeast to southwest along the southern fringe of the Highlands, central Scotland. Ben…Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayumi
(Encyclopedia) Saadia ben Joseph al-FayumiSaadia ben Joseph al-Fayumisäˈdēä, äl-fīy&oomacr;ˈmē [key], 882–942, Jewish scholar, b. Egypt. He was known as Saadia Gaon. He was the head of the great…Lilly Endowment, Inc.
(Encyclopedia) Lilly Endowment, Inc., institution founded (1937) at Indianapolis, Ind., by pharmaceutical manufacturer Josiah K. Lilly (1861–1948) as a philanthropic foundation for “the promotion and…Jeanne Robert Foster: The Bitter Herb
The Bitter HerbJeanne Robert FosterO bitter herb, Forgetfulness, I search for you in vain; You are the only growing thing Can take away my pain.When I was young, this bitter herb Grew wild on…George Foster Peabody Awards for Broadcasting
2005 George Foster Peabody Awards 2004 George Foster Peabody Awards 2003 George Foster Peabody Awards 2002 George Foster Peabody Awards 2001 George Foster Peabody Awards 2000 George Foster…Foster City, CA Census Data
People QuickFactsFoster CityCaliforniaPopulation, 2003 estimate 28,86635,484,453Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 0.2%4.8%Population, 2000 28,80333,871,648Population,…Trending
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