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Robert Young

Robert YoungactorBorn: 2/22/1907Birthplace: Chicago Emmy Award-winning television and film actor known for his gentle, patriarchal television roles on the shows Father Knows Best (1954–60) and…

Loretta Young Biography

Loretta Young(Gretchen Young)actressBorn: 1/6/1913Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Academy and Emmy Award-winning film and television actress who tirelessly made almost 100 films in the 1930s and…

Robert Young Biography

Robert YoungactorBorn: 2/22/1907Birthplace: Chicago Emmy Award-winning television and film actor known for his gentle, patriarchal television roles on the shows Father Knows Best (1954–60) and…

Gene Simmons Biography

Gene Simmons(Eugene Klein, born Chaim Witz)musicianBorn: 8/25/1949Birthplace: Haifa, Israel A founding member of the rock group Kiss (1973–present), a band noteworthy as much for its members…

fullerene

(Encyclopedia) fullerene, any of a class of carbon molecules in which the carbon atoms are arranged into 12 pentagonal faces and 2 or more hexagonal faces to form a hollow sphere, cylinder, or…

Abrahams, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Abrahams, Peter, 1919–2017, South African novelist and journalist, b. Peter Henry Abrahams Deras. Though he lived mostly in exile, he exposed the injustices of the apartheid system and…

diffraction

(Encyclopedia) diffraction, bending of waves around the edge of an obstacle. When light strikes an opaque body, for instance, a shadow forms on the side of the body that is shielded from the light…

British Library

(Encyclopedia) British Library, national library of Great Britain, located in London; one of the world's great libraries. Long a part of the British Museum, the library collection originated in 1753…

Bowie, David

(Encyclopedia) Bowie, David, 1947–2016, British rock-and-roll singer and songwriter who successfully, merged rock, art, and fashion, b. London as David Robert Jones. After singing with five different…

viper

(Encyclopedia) viper, any of a large number of heavy-bodied, poisonous snakes of the family Viperidae, characterized by erectile, hypodermic fangs. The fangs are folded back against the roof of the…