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  • 51Burroughs, William S. — ▪ American writer in full  William Seward Burroughs  born February 5, 1914, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. died August 2, 1997, Lawrence, Kansas       American writer of experimental novels that evoke, in deliberately erratic prose, a nightmarish,… …

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  • 52Harding, Florence — ▪ American first lady née  Florence Mabel Kling  born August 15, 1860, Marion, Ohio, U.S. died November 21, 1924, Marion  American first lady (1921–23), the wife of Warren G. Harding (Harding, Warren G.), 29th president of the United States.… …

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  • 53Marquand, J P — ▪ American novelist born Nov. 10, 1893, Wilmington, Del., U.S. died July 16, 1960, Newburyport, Mass.       U.S. novelist who recorded the shifting patterns of middle and upper class U.S. society in the mid 20th century.       Marquand grew up in …

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  • 54Rehan, Ada — ▪ American actress original name  Ada Crehan  born April 22, 1857, Limerick, Ire. died Jan. 8, 1916, New York, N.Y., U.S.  American actress of the late 19th century, one of the finest of her day, whose great popularity grew from performances of… …

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  • 55Verlaine, Paul — ▪ French poet Introduction born March 30, 1844, Metz, France died January 8, 1896, Paris  French lyric poet first associated with the Parnassians and later known as a leader of the Symbolists (Symbolist movement). With Stéphane Mallarmé and… …

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  • 56Happiness — • The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Happiness     Happiness …

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  • 57Murner, Thomas — • German satirist of the sixteenth century, b. at Oberehnheim, Alsace, 24 Dec., 1475; d. there, 1537 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Murner, Thomas     Thomas Murner      …

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  • 58Jean-Baptiste-Louis-George Seroux d'Agincourt —     Jean Baptiste Louis George Seroux d Agincourt     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jean Baptiste Louis George Seroux d Agincourt     Born at Beauvais, 5 April, 1730; died at Rome, 24 September, 1814. He was a descendant of the counts of Namur. He… …

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  • 59Michael Sigismund Frank —     Michael Sigismund Frank     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Michael Sigismund Frank     Catholic artist and rediscoverer of the lost art of glass painting; b. 1 June, 1770, at Nuremberg; d. at Munich, 16 January, 1847. His father was a dealer in… …

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  • 60Roman Academies —     Roman Academies     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Roman Academies     The Italian Renaissance at its apogee [from the close of the Western Schism (1418) to the middle of the sixteenth century] found two intellectual centres, Florence and Rome.… …

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