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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Simon Winchester Publisher: Harper Collins Prior to this book, I would have assumed that any history of lexicography would be pedantic, ponderous, dusty and dull. Simon Winchester…Brady, Mathew B.
(Encyclopedia) Brady, Mathew B., c.1823–96, American pioneer in photography, b. Warren co., N.Y. Brady learned the daguerreotype process from S. F. B. Morse and in 1844 opened his own photographic…Zachariah CHANDLER, Congress, MI (1813-1879)
Senate Years of Service: 1857-1875; 1879 Party: Republican; Republican CHANDLER Zachariah , (Nephew of John Chandler and Thomas Chandler, grandfather of Frederick Hale and great-great-granduncle of…Ardolph Loges KLINE, Congress, NY (1858-1930)
KLINE Ardolph Loges , a Representative from New York; born near Newton, Sussex County, N.J., February 21, 1858; attended public schools in Newton, N.J., and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; moved…Silas WRIGHT, Jr., Congress, NY (1795-1847)
Senate Years of Service: 1833-1844 Party: Jacksonian; Democrat WRIGHT Silas, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Amherst, Mass., May 24, 1795; moved with his father to…Wang Mang
(Encyclopedia) Wang MangWang Mangwäng mäng [key], 45 b.c.–a.d. 23, Chinese Han dynasty regent who usurped the throne and ruled (a.d. 8–23) as emperor of the Hsin [new] court, carrying out many…body-marking
(Encyclopedia) body-marking, painting, tattooing, or scarification (cutting or burning) of the body for ritual, esthetic, medicinal, magic, or religious purposes. Evidence from prehistoric burials,…Taylor, James Vernon
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, James Vernon, 1948-, American singer-songwriter, b. Boston, Ma. Taylor was born in Boston but raised in Chapel Hill, N.C. As a…Ch'in, dynasty of China (221–206 b.c.)
(Encyclopedia) Ch'inCh'inchĭn [key], dynasty of China, which ruled from 221 b.c. to 206 b.c. The word China is derived from Ch'in, the first dynasty to unify the country by conquering the warring…The Devil's Dictionary: Story
by Ambrose Bierce SPOOKERSUCCESSSTORY -n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph…Trending
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