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11Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. — born March 8, 1841, Boston, Mass. died March 6, 1935, Washington, D.C. U.S. jurist, legal historian, and philosopher. He was the son of Oliver Wendell Holmes and Amelia Lee Jackson, daughter of a Massachusetts supreme court justice. As an officer …
12James Branch Cabell — Infobox Writer name = James Branch Cabell caption = James Branch Cabell photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1935. birthdate = April 14, 1879 birthplace = Richmond, Virginia deathdate = May 5, 1958 deathplace = life = occupation = Author movement =… …
13Laurence Olivier — The Right Honourable The Lord Olivier OM Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Born …
14Michael Gambon — Sir Michael Gambon Born Michael John Gambon 19 October 1940 (1940 10 19) (age 71) Cabra, Dublin, Ireland Nationality Irish Occupation Actor …
15Project A-ko — Infobox animanga/Header name = Project A ko caption = Project A ko Australian DVD cover ja name = プロジェクトA子 ja name trans = Purojekuto A ko genre = Adventure, Action, Comedy, Science FictionInfobox animanga/Movie title = director = Katsuhiko… …
16History of Saturday Night Live (2000–2005) — TOC Early 21st century The 2000 2001 season of Saturday Night Live began yet another transitional phase. Old faces like Colin Quinn, Tim Meadows and Cheri Oteri were gone. Molly Shannon left mid season (she stayed as long as she did six and a… …
17Laurent Clerc — Infobox Person name=Laurent Clerc caption=Teacher, co founder of the first permanent school for the deaf in North America. birth date=birth date|1785|12|26|mf=y birth place=La Balme, France dead=dead death date=death date and… …
18humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four… …
19Klee, Paul — born Dec. 18, 1879, Münchenbuchsee, Switz. died June 29, 1940, Muralto Swiss painter. After studies in Germany and Italy, he settled in Munich, where he became associated with Der Blaue Reiter (1911). He taught at the Bauhaus (1920–31), then at… …
20South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
