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2008 Academy Awards

The 2008 Academy Awards will be presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre. Best Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon…

Slaves in the Family

Tarnished Heritage Elias "Red Cap" Ball founded a plantation dynasty that endured for more than two centuries. As a work of…

Crome, John

(Encyclopedia) Crome, John, 1768–1821, English landscape painter, b. Norwich. Crome was the principal painter of the Norwich school. He is often called Old Crome to distinguish him from his son who…

Maidstone

(Encyclopedia) MaidstoneMaidstonemādˈstən [key], city (1991 pop. 86,067), Kent, SE England, on the Medway River. It is a market city with agricultural, paper, printing, quarrying, brewing, and…

Gunnarsson, Gunnar

(Encyclopedia) Gunnarsson, GunnarGunnarsson, Gunnargüˈnär güˈnärsôn [key], 1889–1975, Icelandic novelist. Gunnarsson lived abroad until 1939, when he returned to Iceland. Through his early works,…

Wilson, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Richard, 1713?–1782, British landscape painter, b. Wales. He studied in London and achieved success as a portrait painter, but after a visit to Italy (c.1750–1756) he devoted…

2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine,…

essential oils

(Encyclopedia) essential oils, volatile oils that occur in plants and in general give to the plants their characteristic odors, flavors, or other such properties. Essential oils are found in various…

Carrington, Peter Carington, 6th Baron

(Encyclopedia) Carrington, Peter Carington, 6th Baron, 1919–2018, British politician. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he succeeded to the peerage in 1938. After serving with distinction in World War…

honeysuckle

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Trumpet honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens honeysuckle, common name for some members of the Caprifoliaceae, a family comprised mostly of vines and shrubs of the Northern…