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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...r him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "Ki...
7: ... [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know little,...
9: ...storical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for...
13: ...thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the f...
17: ==Earliest traditions of Arthur== - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...erican Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
4: ...erian]] church. She married John Henry Roths in [[1941]], however they separated when they both enlisted...
7: ...blic schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Life magazine|''Life...
9: ...f [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." She acted as...
11: ...tion of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Ch... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...en, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. S...
9: ...llars a year (the first male actor who made a million dollar deal was [[Charlie Chaplin]]), and one of...
11: ... Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" b...
18: ...h]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...d by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] and [[Max Jacob]]. In [[1941]], she quit her work as a lawyer to consecrate he... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with...
15: ... and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubist art. She owned early works of [[Pablo...
19: ...rges Braque]]. She coined the term "[[Lost Generation]]" for some of these expatriate American writers...
23: ...gmatism; thus at the opening of the German occupation of France she favored collaborative Vichy govern... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
2: ...'' ([[July 1]], [[1903]] – [[January 5]], [[1941]]) was a famous English [[aviatrix]] who was born...
8: ...n]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in recognition of this achievement.
20: ...pilot with Transport Auxiliary and, on January 5, 1941, whilst flying an [[Airspeed Oxford]] to RAF Kidl...
27: ...tp://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/famous_folk/amyjohnson/biog1.shtml BBC Humber site for Johnson centenary] - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools...
7: === Biography ===
8: ...(This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the P...
10: ...rticularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]]... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...([[January 25]], [[1882]] – [[March 28]], [[1941]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] an...
7: ....E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: She began writing professionally in [[1905]], initially for the ''[[Times Lit...
11: ...ll as emotional motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chrono...
13: ...resented simultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic na... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... [[crystallographer]] who made important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of ...
5: ...tary]] in 1916. He was also the first High Commissioner (effectively governor) for the [[British Manda...
8: ...t the ''British Coal Utilization Research Association'' studying the fine structure of coal and charco...
9: ...ring, her mentor, had been unhappy about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the pape...
12: ...a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...- [[January 1]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[...
3: ...egan teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
7: ...iler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATI...
9: ...r returned to the Navy where she worked on validation software for the programming language [[COBOL]] ...
12: ...ive duty in August of [[1967]] for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She ... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
3: '''Martha Argerich''' (born [[June 5]], [[1941]]) is a [[pianist]] of [[Argentina|Argentinian]] ...
5: ...no within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ...nd tempi, her playing is characterised by her passionate and unique sound.
11: ...appear as member of the jury of important competitions.
14: ==Awards and Recognitions== - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
9: ... most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in s...
15: ...e was never really able to obtain the same reputation at home. Upon a visit to the United States in [[...
17: ...Baker had only one child of her own, stillborn in 1941, an incident that precipitated an emergency [[hys...
21: ... not legally binding), French sugar magnate Jean Lion (1937-1940, divorced), French orchestra leader J... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ...pera]] [[singer]] of the post-[[World War II]] period. She combined an impeccable [[bel canto]] techni...
5: ...] in ''[[La Gioconda]]'' under the baton of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subseque...
7: ...] recordings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an increasingly unstable higher register t...
11: ...r he was born on [[March 30]], [[1960]]. The relationship ended nine years later, when Onassis left Ca...
13: ...llas spent her last years living largely in isolation in [[Paris]], and died in 1977 from a heart atta... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ... for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]...
10: ...certs were often enriched by some hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able t...
12: ...by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pab...
14: ...[[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" of... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...] section of [[Baltimore]]. According to her autobiography, her house was the first on their street to...
14: ...mond was the first). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever ...
18: ... with impecable timing, nuanced phrasing, and emotional immediacy.
20: ...inging trivial pop songs, her unique tone and emotional commitment made her performances special.
24: Holiday was a dabbler in recreational drug use for most of her life, smoking [[marij... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
4: ==Biography==
5: ..." Theatre and by [[1920]] she had gained a reputation in the South and along the Eastern Seaboard.
7: ... was "Down Hearted Blues", a song written and previously recorded by [[Alberta Hunter]]. Working a hea...
9: ...chestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a string section--a musical environment that is radically differe...
11: ...who happened to be recording in the adjoining studio, dropped by for an almost inaudible guest visit. ... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...tering the Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiered ...
6: ...s]] and, after the bombing of [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS...
8: ...[China]], where she received the Emblem of Meritorious Civilian Service as head of the Registry of the...
10: ...[[United States Information Agency | U.S. Information Agency]] in [[France]].
14: ...le]] meuni貥, and fine wine as a culinary revelation. She described the experience once in ''[[The Ne... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
5: ==Biography==
9: ... a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student organization.
11: ...ning in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]].
13: .... She was captured before she could begin her mission and was interned in the [[Horthy Miklos Prison]]...
28: ... many singers sang it and this song ends some versions of the film ''[[Schindler's List]]'': - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...ing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy of recruiting increasing numbers of wom...
5: ==Biography==
7: ... miles from [[Warsaw]], to Count Jerzy Skarbek, scion of one of Poland's oldest noble families, and St...
9: ...amps]]. An achievement of the Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret...
11: ...ng side of Krystyna's aunt and of the aunt's relation, the Hungarian Regent [[Miklos Horthy|Miklor... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
5: ...'[[Laverne and Shirley]]'' from ([[1976 in television|1976]]-[[1983 in film|1983]]).
9: ...has directed several successful feature [[film|motion pictures]] since the mid-[[1980s]], including ''...
18: *''[[1941]]'' (1979)
23: *''[[One Vision]]'' (1998) (documentary)
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