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(Encyclopedia) Acton, town (2020 pop. 24,021), Middlesex co., E Mass., NW of Boston; settled c.1680, inc. 1735. Among its manufactures are electrical machinery, chemicals, prefabricated…Bickerstaff, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Bickerstaff, Isaac, pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift and later by Richard Steele in the Tatler.Asimov, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Asimov, IsaacAsimov, Isaacăzˈəmŏf [key], 1920–92, American author and scientist, b. Petrovichi, USSR, grad. Columbia (B.S., 1939; M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1948). An astonishingly prolific…Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason
(Encyclopedia) Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason, 1865–1940, English physician and missionary, famous for his work among Labrador fishermen. After serving as a missionary to fishermen of the North Sea,…Isaac Stern 2001 Deaths
Isaac SternAge: 81 Soviet-born concert violinist who was considered one of the world's leading virtuosos of the 20th century. Stern was a prolific performer, touring relentlessly around the…Isaac Kauffman Funk Biography
Isaac Kauffman Funklexicographer, publisherBorn: 9/10/1839Birthplace: Clifton, Ohio After 9 years as a Lutheran minister, he later began a business in New York producing materials for…Rosenberg, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Rosenberg, Isaac, 1890–1918, English poet, b. Bristol. He studied painting at the Slade School (1911–14) and had an exhibition of his work at the Whitechapel Gallery. Although he wrote…Coffin, Sir Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Coffin, Sir Isaac, 1759–1839, British naval officer, b. Boston, Mass. From a loyalist family, he fought for the British in the American Revolution and in the French Revolutionary Wars…Abravanel, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Abravanel or Abarbanel, IsaacAbravanel or Abarbanel, Isaacəbräˈvənĕl, –bärbə– [key], 1437–1508, Jewish theologian, biblical commentator, and financier, b. Lisbon. He served as…Ametas and Thestylis Making Hay-Ropes
Ametas and Thestylis Making Hay-RopesAmetasThink'st Thou that this Love can stand, Whilst Thou still dost say me nay? Love unpaid does soon disband: Love binds Love as Hay binds Hay.…Trending
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