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Hicks, Granville

(Encyclopedia) Hicks, Granville, 1901–82, American writer, b. Exeter, N.H. A member of the Communist party, he edited The New Masses and wrote a pioneering Marxist interpretation of American…

Diogenes Laërtius

(Encyclopedia) Diogenes LaërtiusDiogenes Laërtiusdīŏjˈənēz [key]Diogenes Laërtiuslāörˈshēəs [key], fl. early 3d cent., Greek biographer. Extant is a work in 10 books on the lives and opinions of the…

American Idol Playlists

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Buena Vista, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Buena Vista, battle of, military engagement in the Mexican War, fought Feb. 22–23, 1847. The battle site was just S of Saltillo, Coahuila, in Mexico. Gen. Zachary Taylor, disobeying…

Taylor, Charles Ghankay

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Charles Ghankay, 1948–, Liberian rebel and political leader. Taylor attended college in America and became a leader among Liberians there, mounting demonstrations against…

Sir John Richard Hicks Biography

Sir John Richard HickseconomistBorn: 4/8/1904Birthplace: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Nobel Prize-winning economist whose works include Value and Capital (1939), A Theory of Economic History…

Taylor, Bert Leston

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Bert Leston, 1866–1921, American newspaper columnist, b. Goshen, Mass. He worked for a number of newspapers before establishing his column, “A Line o' Type or Two,” signed B. L…

Taylor, Jeremy

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Jeremy, 1613–67, English bishop and theological and devotional writer. He was distinguished as a preacher and as the author of some of the most noted religious works in English…

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Taylor, Koko

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Koko, 1928–2009, African-American blues singer and songwriter, b. Bartlett, Tenn., as Cora Walton. Growing up, Taylor absorbed gospel music in church and the blues at local…