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Fludd, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Fludd or Flud, Robert, 1574–1637, English mystic philosopher. Educated at Oxford and on the Continent, he became a London physician. Strongly influenced by the mystical doctrines of…

Younger, Cole

(Encyclopedia) Younger, Cole (Thomas Coleman Younger), 1844–1916, American outlaw, b. Jackson co., Mo. After the Civil War he joined the outlaw band of Jesse James, with whom he had served as a…

Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson

(Encyclopedia) Seligman, Edwin Robert AndersonSeligman, Edwin Robert Andersonsĕlˈĭgmən [key], 1861–1939, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1885. As professor (1885–1931) at…

Ayr, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Ayr Ayr âr [key], town, South Ayrshire, SW Scotland, at the mouth of the Ayr River on the Firth of Clyde. Ayr is a sea resort and a port for fishing, the…

Minnesota Vikings 1999 Roster By Statistics

Passing (5 Att)AttCmpPctYdsTDRateRandall Cunningham42525960.9370434106.0Brad Johnson1016564.4747789.0Jay Fiedler7342.941022.6Interceptions: Cunningham 10, Johnson 5, Fiedler 1.Signed:…

Creeley, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Creeley, Robert, 1926–2005, American poet, b. Arlington, Mass. He lived in Asia, Europe, and Latin America and taught at various universities in the United States. With Charles Olson,…

Frost, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Frost, Robert, 1874–1963, American poet, b. San Francisco. Perhaps the most popular and beloved of 20th-century American poets, Frost wrote of the character, people, and landscape of…

Fulton, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815, American inventor, engineer, and painter, b. near Lancaster, Pa. He was a man remarkable for his many talents and his mechanical genius. An expert gunsmith…

Fortune, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Fortune, Robert, 1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England a number of…

Frank, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Frank, Robert, 1924–2019, Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker, b. Zürich. He immigrated to the United States in 1947 and became a citizen in 1963. One of the 20th century's most…