Search results for "William of York" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Wampum is a string of shell beads often woven into belts and formerly ... Wampum belts were exchanged as a form of treaty between tribes. Wampum ...7 KB (1,160 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- Robert Lowell and the confessionalist school of poetry, who is increasingly ... and complicate the autobiographical nature of his poetry, and it is unclear ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 04:15, 3 August 2022
- and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature ... Stars of greater luminosity than giant stars are classified as supergiants ...9 KB (1,364 words) - 18:58, 21 May 2024
- Welsh poet who is widely considered one of the most influential English ... Dylan Thomas was born in the coastal city of Swansea, Wales. His father ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- a clergyman. He is famous for his criticism of David Ricardo and his insistence ... He also worked as a commissioner on the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- Dr. William Thornton (May 20, 1759 – March 28, 1828) was an early ... From an early age William Thornton displayed interest and discernible ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 20:42, 13 May 2023
- to the Partisan Review and member of the group known as "The ... to receive tenure in the Department of English. A popular professor ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 04:21, 29 October 2022
- library system is a nationwide network of libraries administered by the ... the government and promised to offer a part of his estate at Hyde Park, New ...19 KB (2,492 words) - 22:38, 30 November 2022
- William Congreve (January 24, 1670 – January 19, 1729) was an English ... the grave site was erected by the Duchess of Marlborough, with whom he was ...16 KB (2,529 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- The Radical Republicans were members of the Republican Party who were ... the United States following the end of the Civil War. Utilizing membership ...11 KB (1,485 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863) ... William had been sent to England earlier, at the age of five, with ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 11:11, 10 May 2023
- was the founder and first president of the American Broadcasting Company ... than the more flamboyant figures of William S. Paley and David ...8 KB (1,119 words) - 20:12, 25 October 2022
- educator, dedicated to the education of young children. After meeting ... Susan Blow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, as the oldest of six children ...9 KB (1,286 words) - 23:57, 26 February 2023
- stockholder in AT&T and in the New York Central Railroad. Most of ... Born William Samuel Rosenberg to a Jewish family in New York City ...9 KB (1,337 words) - 17:39, 31 October 2023
- critic. A key figure in the development of Modernist American poetry, ... may have gone unnoticed, ironically, because of his even greater talents in ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 00:34, 8 December 2022
- The Peasants' Revolt, Tyler’s Rebellion, or the Great Rising ... military campaigns overseas—a continuation of the Hundred Years' War ...8 KB (1,321 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- his capture by the British after the Battle of Long Island. Widely considered America's first spy, a copy of Frederick MacMonnies ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:31, 11 November 2022
- or Alexander Hamilton, the fifty-fourth of The Federalist Papers. It was ... Titled, "The Apportionment of Members Among the States" ...15 KB (2,066 words) - 01:55, 26 March 2024
- publisher, and owner. Patterson was one of the first women to head a major ... and using their talents for the benefit of society, their family life ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 13:57, 2 April 2008
- abolitionist, social reformer, and proponent of women's rights. She is ... described as "the real founder and soul of the woman's rights movement ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:27, 5 November 2022
