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Bancroft, George

(Encyclopedia) Bancroft, George, 1800–1891, American historian and public official, b. Worcester, Mass. He taught briefly at Harvard and then at the Round Hill School in Northampton, Mass., of which…

Ripley, George

(Encyclopedia) Ripley, George, 1802–80, American literary critic and author, b. Greenfield, Mass. After graduating from Harvard Divinity School in 1826, he entered the Unitarian ministry. He was one…

Sand, George

(Encyclopedia) Sand, GeorgeSand, Georgesănd, Fr. zhôrzh säN [key], pseud. of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, baronne DudevantSand, GeorgeämäNdēnˈ ôrôrˈ lüsēˈ düpăN, bärônˈ düdväNˈ [key], 1804–76, French…

Sandys, George

(Encyclopedia) Sandys, George, 1578–1644, English poet and traveler, b. Yorkshire, son of Archbishop Edwin Sandys. He was educated at Oxford and in 1610 began an extended tour of Europe and the…

Santayana, George

(Encyclopedia) Santayana, GeorgeSantayana, Georgesäntäyäˈnä [key], 1863–1952, American philosopher and poet, b. Madrid, Spain. Santayana's philosophic stance has been given the apparently opposite…

Seferis, George

(Encyclopedia) Seferis, GeorgeSeferis, Georgesĕfĕrˈēs [key] (Giorgos Sefiriades), 1900–1971, Greek poet. Educated at the Univ. of Paris, he returned to Greece, where he had a distinguished career as…

Segal, George

(Encyclopedia) Segal, George, 1924–2000, American sculptor, b. New York City, grad. Rutgers (B.A., 1950; M.A., 1963). An influential member of the pop art movement, Segal is known for his tableaux of…

Rapp, George

(Encyclopedia) Rapp, George, 1757–1847, German religious leader, known as Father Rapp, b. Württemberg. In 1803 he emigrated to the United States, where he and his followers, known as Rappites, formed…

Rawlinson, George

(Encyclopedia) Rawlinson, George, 1812–1902, English Orientalist and historian, educated at Oxford. He is known for his long, authoritative, and still useful histories of the ancient world. His most…

Balanchine, George

(Encyclopedia) Balanchine, GeorgeBalanchine, Georgebălˈənshēnˌ [key], 1904–83, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. St. Petersburg, Russia, as Georgi Balanchivadze. The son of a Georgian…