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Joseph Rainey Biography

Joseph Rainey First African American CongressmanBorn: June 21, 1832Birthplace: Georgetown, South Carolina. Rainey was born a slave, but his father bought the family's freedom. During the…

Brewer's: Joseph Andrews

The hero of a novel written by Fielding to ridicule Richardson's Pamela, whose brother Joseph is supposed to be. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Joseph of…

Brewer's: Joseph of Arimathea

brought to Listenise the sanctgraal and also the spear with which Longinus wounded the crucified Saviour. When Sir Balin entered this chamber, which was in the palace of King Pellam, he…

Brewer's: Joseph's Coat

(See under Coat.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894JossJoseph of Arimathea A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Director:Eric StylesWriter:Catherine LinstrumFox Searchlight; R; 92 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Samantha Morton, Lee Ross, Rupert Graves If Dreaming of Joseph Lees were a romance novel, it would…

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewiczdirector, screenwriter, producerBorn: 2/11/1909Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Academy Award-winning film director, screenwriter and producer who directed Dragonwyck (1946…

Joseph Barbera Biography

Joseph Barbera animator, producerBorn: 3/24/1911Birthplace: New York City He joined MGM studios in 1937 and, with William Hanna, created the characters Tom and Jerry in 1940 and went on to…

Joseph Pulitzer Biography

Joseph PulitzerjournalistBorn: 4/10/1847Birthplace: Mako, Hungary Newspaperman who emigrated to the United States in 1864 and began a successful career as editor and publisher of the St. Louis Post-…

Joseph H. Burckhalter

Joseph H. BurckhalterBorn: 1912Birthplace: Columbia, S.C. Dyes for diagnosing infectious diseases—Burckhalter and Seiwald synthesized fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), an antibody labeling…

S. Joseph Begun

S. Joseph Begun Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically…