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111Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
112Cobbett, William — born March 9, 1763, Farnham, Surrey, Eng. died June 18, 1835, London English journalist. He joined the army and served in Canada (1785–91). He lived in the U.S. (1794–1800), where he launched his career as a journalist, fiercely attacking the… …
113Defoe, Daniel — orig. Daniel Foe born 1660, London, Eng. died April 24, 1731, London British novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist. A well educated London merchant, he became an acute economic theorist and began to write eloquent, witty, often audacious tracts… …
114Twain, Mark — orig. Samuel Langhorne Clemens born Nov. 30, 1835, Florida, Mo., U.S. died April 21, 1910, Redding, Conn. U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River. At age 13 he was apprenticed to a local printer …
115Tragic Optimism for a Millennial Dawning — ▪ 1999 Introduction by Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould, Professor of Geology and Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at Harvard University since 1973, has gained worldwide renown as a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and, not least,… …
116Acuña, Rosario de — ▪ Spanish writer in full Rosario De Acuña Y Villanueva De La Iglesia, pseudonym Remigio Andrés Delafón born 1851, Madrid, Spain died 1923, Gijón Spanish playwright, essayist, and short story writer known for her controversial liberal… …
117African literature — Introduction the traditional oral and written literatures together with the mainly 20th century literature written mostly in European languages but also to an increasing extent in the many languages of the sub Saharan region. Traditional… …
118ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
119Anderson, Maxwell — ▪ American playwright born Dec. 15, 1888, Atlantic, Pa., U.S. died Feb. 28, 1959, Stamford, Conn. prolific playwright noted for his efforts to make verse tragedy a popular form. Anderson was educated at the University of North Dakota and… …
120Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau — ▪ prince of Orange Introduction Dutch Frederik Hendrik, Prins Van Oranje, Graaf Van Nassau born Jan. 29, 1584, Delft, Holland died March 14, 1647, The Hague the third hereditary stadtholder (1625–47) of the United Provinces of the… …
