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Arts and LettersCocteau: A Biography, Francis SteegmullerChildren's BooksThe Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian, Lloyd AlexanderFictionMr. Sammler's Planet, Saul BellowHistory and…

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd

(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890–1946, American public official, b. Sioux City, Iowa. A social worker, he was appointed (1931) head of New York's Temporary Emergency Relief Administration by…

Garrison, William Lloyd

(Encyclopedia) Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805–79, American abolitionist, b. Newburyport, Mass. He supplemented his limited schooling with newspaper work and in 1829 went to Baltimore to aid Benjamin…

Rivers, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl

(Encyclopedia) Rivers, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl, d. 1469, English nobleman. He was knighted (1426) by Henry VI and acquired wealth and power by marrying (c.1436) Jacquetta of Luxemburg, widow of…

Hyde, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Hyde, Edward: see Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl of.

Montagu, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Montagu, Edward: see Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st earl of.