Versifier
51Tartessos — (also Tartessus) was a harbor city and its surrounding culture on the south coast of the Iberian peninsula (in modern Andalusia, Spain), at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river. It was mentioned by Herodotus, [Herodotus, i. 163 ; iv.152.] Strabo… …
52Tryphiodorus — (correctly but less commonly Triphiodorus), fl. 3rd or 4th century, was an epic poet native to Egypt. His only surviving work is The Taking of Ilios , in 691 verses. Other recorded titles include Marathoniaca and The Story of Hippodamea .His… …
53No Man's Land (play) — No Man s Land is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first produced and published in 1975. Its original production was at the Old Vic Theatre in London by the National Theatre on 23 April 1975, and it later transferred to Wyndhams Theatre …
54Fitz-Greene Halleck — Infobox Writer name = Fitz Greene Halleck imagesize = caption = Fitz Green Halleck birthdate = birth date|1790|7|8|mf=y birthplace = Guilford, Connecticut, U.S. deathdate = death date and age|1867|11|19|1790|7|8|mf=y deathplace = Guilford,… …
55Adriaen van de Venne — Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (1589, Delft ndash; Nov 12 1662, The Hague) was a versatile Dutch Baroque painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book illustrator and designer of political satires and a… …
56Francis Rous — or Rouse (1579 1659) was a versifier of the Psalms, a Cornishman, and aprominent Puritan, took a leading part in Parliament: he was elected to Parliament for Cornwall in 1604 and 1656; for Truro 1626, 1640 (twice) and 1654; for Tregony 1628; and… …
57Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet — KB FRS (c.1693 – 10 August 1755), English politician, was the son of Sir Walter Yonge, and great great grandson of Walter Yonge of Colyton (1579–1649), whose diaries (1604–45), more especially four volumes now in the British Museum (Add. MSS.… …
58Antonio Pucci — (1310 ca. 1388) was a Florentine bellfounder, self taught as a versifier, who wrote his collection, Libro di varie storie ( Book of Various Tales ), using a popular dialect for a popular audience. In his Centiloquio he set out in terzinas ninety… …
59Alessandro Achillini — (October 20, 1463 August 2, 1512) was an Italian philosopher and physician.BiographyHe was born and died in Bologna, and is buried in the Church of Saint Martin there. He was celebrated as a lecturer both in medicine and in philosophy at Bologna… …
60Frank Jacobs — is an American satire writer, known primarily for his work in Mad , to which he has contributed since 1957.. While having written articles of all kinds, he is best known as a versifier who contributes parodies of famous song lyrics and poems.His… …
