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1980 Academy Awards
The 1980 Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1981 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureCoal Miner's Daughter, Bernard Schwartz, producer (Universal)The Elephant Man…Meiklejohn, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Meiklejohn, AlexanderMeiklejohn, Alexandermĭkˈəljŏn [key], 1872–1964, American educator, b. Rochdale, England, grad. Brown Univ., 1893, Ph.D. Cornell, 1897. He taught philosophy at…Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron
(Encyclopedia) Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th BaronDunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Barondənsănˈē, –sā– [key], 1878–1957, Anglo-Irish author. His life was spent as a…Bundy, McGeorge
(Encyclopedia) Bundy, McGeorge, 1919–96, U.S. educator and government official, b. Boston. An Army intelligence officer during World War II, he was on the Harvard faculty 1949–61, becoming the…Wayland, Francis
(Encyclopedia) Wayland, Francis, 1796–1865, American clergyman and educator, b. New York City, grad. Union College, 1813, and studied at Andover Theological Seminary. As pastor (1821–26) of the First…Berdymukhamedov, Kurbanguly
(Encyclopedia) Berdymukhamedov, KurbangulyBerdymukhamedov, Kurbangulykh&oomacr;rbäng&oomacr;lēˈ bârdāˌm&oomacr;kämĕdˈôf [key], 1957–, Turkmen government official, president of…Shenouda III
(Encyclopedia) Shenouda III, 1923–2012, pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (see Copts), 1971–2012; successor of Cyril VI. Born Nazeer Gayed, he attended Cairo Univ. (B.A. 1947) and the Coptic…Rudenstine, Neil Leon
(Encyclopedia) Rudenstine, Neil LeonRudenstine, Neil Leonr&oomacr;ˈdənstīnˌ [key], 1935–, American scholar, educator, and administrator, b. Ossining, N.Y., grad. Princeton (B.A., 1956), Oxford (…Palade, George Emil
(Encyclopedia) Palade, George EmilPalade, George Emilpäläˈdē [key], 1912–2008, American cell biologist, b. Iaşi, Romania, M.D. Univ. of Bucharest, 1940. He was a faculty member at the Rockefeller…Tait, Archibald Campbell
(Encyclopedia) Tait, Archibald Campbell, 1811–82, British churchman, archbishop of Canterbury, b. Edinburgh. He grew up a Presbyterian, but he early decided to enter the ministry of the Church of…Trending
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