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Cambridge Encyclopedia
Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 1
(Abraham Alphonse) Albert Gallatin - Early life, Political career
(Adeline) Virginia Woolf - Early life, Work, Modern scholarship and interpretations, Cultural references
(Adolph Wilhelm) Hermann Kolbe
(Ahmed) Salman Rushdie - Early life, Career, Awards, The Satanic Verses controversy, October 2006 Straw-veil controversy
(Aim
(Albert) Bruce Rogers - External Links, Source
(Albert) Horton (Jr) Foote - Playwriting career, Screenwriting career
(Albert) Scott Crossfield - Biography, Fatal Crash and Reactions, Honors
(Alexander) Auberon Waugh - Life and career, Journalistic career, Private Eye, Waugh's views, Literary career, Death
(Alexander) James Naughtie - Biography
(Alexandre) Gustave Eiffel - Early life, Career, Impact, Trivia
(Alexis) Emmanuel Chabrier - Works
(Alfred) Alistair Cooke - Media beginnings, Move to United States, London Letter, American Letter, The Staff Reporter, The end
(Alfred) Damon Runyon - Biography, Runyon in Popular Culture
(Alfred) Earle Birney - Bibliography, Discography, Reference
(Alfred) Ernest Jones
(Alojzij) Louis Adamic
(Alphonsus Joseph-Mary Augustus) Montague Summers - Life, Works, Other works, Bibliography
(Alton) Glenn Miller - Life and career, Military service, disappearance, and personality, Legacy, Listen to, See also
(Amalie) Emmy Noether - Mathematical work, Important publications
(Amasa) Leland Stanford
(Amos) Bronson Alcott
(Andrew) Bonar Law - Early life, Conservative Leader, Post War and Prime Minister
(Andrew) Hamilton Hume
(Andrew) Lamar Alexander - Early life, Political career, Return to Senate, Controversy and criticism
(Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt - Early life, First Lady of the United States, World War II, Postwar Politics, Family matters
(Anthony) Henry Suzzallo
(Antoine) Henri Becquerel
(Apollo) Milton Obote - Early life and first presidency, Second term, Death in exile
(Aristide) Peter Maurin
(Arnold) Eric Sevareid - Early career, Just one of the boys, Post-war career and the 1950s
(Arthur Annesley) Ronald Firbank
(Arthur Edson) Blair Moody - Personal life, Bibliography
(Arthur) Eric (Rowton) Gill - Biography, Sexuality, Legacy, Quotations, Pupils of Eric Gill, Selected writings, References
(Arthur) John (Terence Dibben) Wisdom - Writings
(Arthur) Neville Chamberlain - Early life, Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Early ministerial career, Becoming the heir apparent
(Avarham) Art Spiegelman - Life, Awards, Notes and references
(Avram) Noam Chomsky - Biography, Contributions to linguistics, Contributions to psychology, Opinion on criticism of science culture
(Benjamin) Sumner Welles - Sumner Welles in Cuba, Stimson Doctrine, Hard Copy Sources
(Berna Eli) Barney Oldfield - Racing career, Contributions to racing safety, Business ventures
(Bernard) Jocelyn Brooke - Bibliography
(Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von Kleist - Life, Literary Works, Philosophical Essays, Bibliography
(Billings) Learned Hand - Biography, Influence
(Bishara) Sirhan Sirhan - Personal information, Applications for parole
(Carey) Estes Kefauver - Kefauver in Congress, The Kefauver Committee, Kefauver for President
(Carl Artur) Vilhelm Moberg - Works in English translation
(Charles Edward Anson) Edwin Markham - Life, Career, Bibliography
(Charles Louis) Alphonse Laveran
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas - Further reading
(Charles) Brian Cox
(Charles) Bruce Chatwin - Education, Art and archaeology, Literary career, Style and influence, Personal life, Death at an early age
(Charles) Kemmons Wilson
(Charles) Richard Rodgers - Career, Major works, Wider influence
(Charles) Robert Redford - Biography, Selected filmography
(Charles) Rudolf Friml - Early life, The Firefly, Friml's Greatest Successes, Works, Works cited
(Charles) Vincent Massey - Background, Political career, Diplomatic career, Return to Canada, Governor General, Later life
(Charles) William Beebe
(Christian Friedrich) Samuel Hahnemann - Life, Hahnemann's Good Reputation as a Scientist
(Christian Johann) Heinrich Heine - Life, Controversy in Israel, Selected works, Editions in English
(Christian Matthias) Theodor Mommsen - Life, Scientific Works, Mommsen as scientific editor and organiser, Mommsen as politician, Trivia
(Christian) Felix Klein - Life, Work, Bibliography
(Christian) Friedrich Hebbel - Biography, Works
(Clarence) Crane Brinton
(Clarence) Malcolm Lowry - Biography, Writings, Bibliography, Biography
(Claxton) Roy Acuff - Music career, Political career, Trivia
(Clinton) Richard Dawkins - Personal life, Career, Work, Awards and recognition, Publications
(Cuthbert) Gordon Greenidge
(Cyril) Wolf Mankowitz
(Daisie) Adelle Davis - Background and education, Published works, Controversy, Commendations, Adelle Davis Foundation
(David) Dean Rusk
(David) Hartley Coleridge
(David) Jude Law - Biography
(David) Paul Scofield
(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti - Media
(Donal) Conor (Dermod David Donat) Cruise O'Brien - Early life, Civil service, International postings, Irish politics, Polemics and Academia, Writings, Legacy
(Eamonn) Kevin Roche - Notable works
(Edmund) Ignatius Rice - Early life and career, Vocation, Retirement and death, Beatification
(Edward Fitz) Gerald Brenan
(Edward William) Alton Ochsner
(Edward) Chad Varah
(Edward) Gough Whitlam - Early life, Early political career, Opposition leader, Prime Minister, The Whitlam government assessed, Out of office
(Edward) Hunter Davies - Works (selection)
(Edward) John (Mostyn) Bowlby - Background, Career, Legacy, Selected Bibliography
(Edward) Montgomery Clift - Biography, Academy Award nominations, Filmography, Stage Appearances
(Edward) William Proxmire
(Edwin John) Victor Pasmore
(Edwin) DuBose Heyward
(Edwin) Olin Downes - Examples, Sources
(Eldred) Gregory Peck - Early life, Film career, Personal life, Death, Awards, Filmography, Literature
(Eleanor) May Sarton - Poetry books, Novels, Nonfiction, Children's books
(Ellen) Dymphna Cusack
(Emile Alfredo) Roy Innis - Early life, Early civil rights years, Black Nationalism and beginning the Bridge to Africa
(Emile Jean) Horace Vernet
(Emile) Antoine Bourdelle - The teacher
(Enoch) Arnold Bennett - Life, Work, Criticism, Works, Quote
(Ernest Urban) Trevor Huddleston
(Ernest) Edward Dunlop
(Ernest) Ernie Davis - College career, Pro Football career
(Ernestine) Jane (Geraldine) Russell
(Ernesto Antonio) Tito Puente
(Ernst) Ingmar Bergman - Biography and style characteristics, Filmography, Screenwriting works, Documentary works, Bibliography, Bibliographies
(Ernst) Pascual Jordan - Selected Works
(Ernst) Werner von Siemens - Biography, Patents, Further reading
(Esm
(Eug - Life, Quotations, Legacy, Further reading
(Eugene Luther) Gore Vidal - Biography, Political views, Trivia, Bibliography
(Eug - Dolmetsch's early life, The early music revival, The Dolmetsch family
(Eugene) Bertolt (Friedrich) Brecht - Life and career, Nazi Germany and World War II, Cold War and East Germany, Later life
(Evelyn) John (St Loe) Strachey
(Ferdinand Fr
(Ferdinand Gustav) Julius von Sachs
(Florence Onye) Buchi Emecheta - Works
(Francesco) Bonaventura Cavalieri - Life, Sources
(Francis) George Steiner - Family, Education, Career, Honours, Works
(Francis) Westbrook Pegler - Biography, Writings
(Fran
(Fran - Biography, Ideas, Influence, Contemporary influence, Fourier's works
(Frank) Gelett Burgess - Works
(Frank) Sherwood Rowland
(Frederic) Ogden Nash - Biography, Poetry style, The Carnival of the Animals, 2002 USPS Ogden Nash Stamp, Quotes
(Frederick) Louis MacNeice - Life, Influence, Works
(Frederick) Marvin Hamlisch - Broadway, Film
(Frederick) Maxfield Parrish - Technique and influence
(Frederick) Ronald Mansbridge
(Friedrich Ludwig) Gottlob Frege - Life, Logician, Philosopher, Thought, Sinn and Bedeutung
(Friedrich Wilhelm) Ludwig Leichhardt - Searches for Leichhardt
(Friedrich) Gerhard Rohlfs
(Friedrich) Wilhelm Ostwald - Biography, Overview
(Fritz) Erich von Manstein - Early life, Middle years, World War II, Quotes about von Manstein
(Gabriel-)Germain Boffrand
(Georg Friedrich) Bernhard Riemann - Influence, Biography, Euclidean geometry versus Riemannian geometry, Higher dimensions, Bibliography
(George) Earle Hyman
(George) Elton Mayo
(George) Emlyn Williams
(George) Gilbert (Aim
(George) Holbrook Jackson
(George) Orson Welles - Biography, References and Further reading
(Georges) Auguste Escoffier - Publications
(Gian) Francesco Malipiero
(Giles) Lytton Strachey - Life, Books, Verse
(Giovanni) Battista Guarini
(Giuseppe) Domenico Scarlatti - Life and career, Music, Recordings, Trivia
(Gordon) Angus Deayton - Early life, Comedy career, Scandal
(Gottlieb) Eliel Saarinen - Buildings
(Granville) Oral Roberts - Early life, Later life, Criticism and controversy, External links and references
(Gustav Heinrich) Adolf Engler - Biography, Works
(Hannibal) Hamlin Garland - Bibliography
(Harold) Hart Crane - Hart Crane's Poetry and Prose
(Harold) John Kander
(Harry) Sinclair Lewis - Biography, Quotation, Timeline
(Heinrich Hermann) Robert Koch - Biography
(Heinrich) Emil Brunner - Biography, Theology, Relationship with Karl Barth
(Helen) Beatrix Potter - List of some of the works by (Helen) Beatrix Potter
(Henri Ren - Biography, Significance, Bibliography
(Henri) Benjamin Constant (de Rebeque) - Bibliography
(Henry) Graham Greene - Life and work, Bibliography, Further reading
(Henry) Grantland Rice - Quotation, Footnote, Reference, Pop Culture
(Henry) Havelock Ellis - Works
(Henry) Ross Perot - Early life and career, Early political activities, 1992 presidential candidacy, Reform Party and 1996 presidential run
(Henry) Styles Bridges
(Herbert) Marshall McLuhan - Biography, Theoretical framework, McLuhan's influence, Published Interviews, End Notes
(Herman) James Elroy Flecker - Works
(Herman) Max Gluckman
(Herman) Northrop Frye - Biography, Contribution to literary criticism, Works by Northrop Frye, Biographies of Northrop Frye
(Hilaire Germain) Edgar Degas - Early life, Artistic career, Artistic style, Reputation
(Hippolyte) Jean Giraudoux
(Horace Greely) Hjalmar Schacht - Education and rise to President of the Reichsbank, Involvement in the Nazi Party
(Hugh) Desmond Hoyte
(Hugo Henrik) Alvar Aalto - Life, Art and reputation, Works, Quotes, Trivia
(Iain) Murray Rose
(Ian) Robert Maxwell - Early life, Business activities, Death, Events after his death, Maxwell in popular culture, Further reading
(Ibolyka) Astrid (Maria) Varnay
(Ignace) Henri (Jean Th - Examples of Artworks
(Irenaeus) Frederic Baraga
(J) Arthur Widmer - Career, Quotations
(Jackie) Moms Mabley - Discography, External Link
(Jacobine) Camilla Collett - Life, Bibliography
(Jacques) Maurice Couve de Murville - Ministerial posts, Couve de Murville's Government
(Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn(-Bartholdy) - Life, Revival of Bach's and Schubert's music, Contemporaries, Reputation, Works
(James Henry) Leigh Hunt - References and external links
(James King Kern) Kay Kyser - Listen to
(James Mercer) Langston Hughes - Life, Career, Political views, Trivia
(James Morrison) Steele MacKaye - Works, Publications
(James) Brander Matthews - Activities
(James) Charles Evers
(James) Dalton Trumbo - Works
(James) Gordon Brown - Early parliamentary career, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Global development and sustainability, Higher education
(James) Hoyt Wilhelm
(James) Keir Hardie - Early life, Union leader, The Scottish Labour Party, MP for West Ham and the ILP
(James) Maxwell Anderson - Plays and Musicals, Films, Best-known Lyrics, Books
(James) Ramsay MacDonald - Early career, Party leader, First government, National Government, Personal life, MacDonald's Governments, Further reading
(James) Strom Thurmond - Early career, Senate career, Biracial daughter, Political timeline, Trivia
(Jean Joseph Charles) Louis Blanc - Selected works
(Jean Nicolas) Arthur Rimbaud - Life and work, Later life (1875-1891)
(Jean) Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
(Jean) Antoine Watteau - Early life and training, Mature works, Critical assessment and legacy
(Jean) Louis (Rodolphe) Agassiz - Early life and education, Early work, Proposal of an ice age, Relocation to the United States
(Jean) Margaret Laurence - Education, Personal life, Literary career, Awards and recognition, Bibliography
(Jean) Victor (Marie) Moreau - Suggested readings, Reference
(Jeanne Fran
(Jennifer) Jane Kenyon - Life, Career
(Jens) Otto (Harry) Jespersen - Essays and articles
(Johan) August Strindberg - Life, Partial bibliography
(Johan) Gunnar Andersson
(Johan) Nordahl Brun Grieg - Selected works
(Johann Christoph) Friedrich (von) Schiller - Biography, Freemasonry, Writing, Ennoblement, Musical settings of Schiller's poems and stage plays, Works
(Johann) Adam Schall (von Bell) - Allegation, Contribution to the Chinese Calendar
(Johann) Balthasar Neumann
(Johann) Carl Friedrich Gauss - Biography, Commemorations
(Johann) Ludwig Tieck - Early life, Adoption of Romanticism, Later years, Literary significance, Works, Translations, Letters, Bibliography
(Johann) Ludwig Uhland
(Johannes) Georg Bednorz
(John Carl) Jon Hendricks - Life
(John Orley) Allen Tate
(John) Augustin Daly
(John) Barry Humphries - Early life, London and the 1960s, 1970s, Film roles, One-man shows, Dame Edna
(John) Brian Statham - Establishment, Into His Prime, Helped by Higgs to Incomparable Heights, Fading From the Heights, Lancashire Captain
(John) Calvin Coolidge - Early life and career, The 1920 Campaign and the Vice Presidency 1921-1923
(John) Duncan Macrae
(John) Enoch Powell - Life, Personality, Powell in popular culture, Bibliography, Powell's writings
(John) Grahame Douglas Clark
(John) Gutzon (de la Mothe) Borglum - Gallery
(John) Hugh MacLennan - Bibliography, Works about MacLennan
(John) Jeremy Thorpe - Further reading
(John) Kirk (Train) Varnedoe
(John) Malcolm Fraser - Rise to Leadership, Prime Minister, Decline and fall, Retirement, Honours, Quotes, Further reading
(John) Nicholas Maw
(John) Robinson Jeffers - Life, Poetic career, Influence, Quotations
(Jorge) Mario (Pedro) Vargas Llosa - Early days, Political involvement, Works, Critical Bibliography
(Joseph) Deems Taylor
(Joseph) Ernest Renan - Biography, Works, External links and references
(Joseph) Hilaire (Pierre Ren - Life, Old Thunder, In controversy and debate, Writing, On Islam
(Joseph) Jack Valenti - Early life, Political career, Career in the MPAA, Retirement, Personal life, Trivia, Books by Jack Valenti
(Joseph) Kevin Keegan
(Joseph) Lane Kirkland - Biography
(Joseph) Leon Edel - Selected bibliography
(Joseph) Lincoln Steffens - Bibliography
(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling - Kipling's childhood, Early travels, Career as a writer, The effects of World War I
(Joseph) Sepp Blatter - Background, Changes to the game made under Blatter, Criticism
(Joseph) Sheridan Le Fanu - His work
(Josephine) Edna O'Brien - Life and career, Selected bibliography
(Julius Wilhelm) Richard Dedekind - Life, Work, Quotation, Bibliography
(Julius) Gari Melchers
(Julius) Jules Dassin
(Julius) Lothar Meyer
(Kareen) Fleur Adcock - Early life, Life in England, Poetry
(Karen) Louise Erdrich - Background and early life, Early literary work, Love Medicine, The Beet Queen
(Karl Emil Julius) Ulrich Salchow - Navigation
(Karl Rudolf) Gerd von Rundstedt - Early Life, WWII, Operation Barbarossa, Western Battlefield, After the War, Family, Summary of the military career
(Karl Wilhelm) Friedrich von Schlegel - Life and work, Selected works
(Karl) Adolf Eichmann - Early life, Work with the Nazi Party and the SS, The Second World War
(Karl) Ferdinand Braun
(Karl) Gunnar Myrdal - Publications
(Karl) Hjalmar Branting
(Karl) Manne (Georg) Siegbahn
(Karl) Wilhelm von Humboldt - Philosopher and diplomat, Linguist
(Keith) Rupert Murdoch - Early life, Acquisitions in Britain, Moving into the United States, Los Angeles Dodgers, Personal life
(Kitagawa) Utamaro - Biography, Pupils, Retrospective Observations, Print Series
(Laura Jean) Reese Witherspoon - Selected filmography
(Leo) James Rainwater
(L - Research on tuberculosis
(Leon) Bix Beiderbecke - Early life, Influences, Career, Death, Later influence, His name
(Leopold) Elmer Rice - Works
(Leslie Thomas) John Arlott - Famous and favourite quotes, Books by John Arlott, Sources
(Linden) Forbes (Sampson) Burnham - Early life and education, Political career, Legacy
(Llewellyn) Sherman Adams - Early life, Political beginnings, New Hampshire governorship, White House Chief of Staff, Post-political life
(Lloyd) Logan Pearsall Smith
(Lois) Maureen Stapleton - Biography
(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset - News, Biography, Works
(Louis) Adolphe Thiers - Birth and early life, The July Monarchy of King Louis-Philippe
(Louis) Auguste Blanqui
(Louis) Charles Delescl
(Louis) Henri Murger - Early life, Development as a Writer, Writing Process, The Character of Rodolphe, The Character of Schaunard
(Louis-)Hector Berlioz - Biography, Musical influence, Works of music and literature
(Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoist) Desmoulins - Early life, July 1789, Journalism, National Convention and clash with Robespierre, Trial and execution, Family
(Luigi) Ciriaco de Mita
(Lula) Carson McCullers - Early life, Marriage and career, Failed marriage and emotional struggles, Criticism, Works
(Lynn) Nolan Ryan - Statistics
(Margaret) Storm Jameson - Works
(Maria Anna Catharina) Angelica Kauffmann - Related links
(Maria Annunciata) Caroline Bonaparte
(Maria) Eva (Duarte de) Per - Songs
(Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) Cherubini - Selected works, Source
(Marie Eug
(Marie) Charlotte Corday (d'Armont) - Biography, Marat assassination, Further reading
(Marie) Joseph (de Malaret) Canteloube
(Marie-) Pauline Bonaparte
(Marie-Anne) Elisa Bonaparte
(Marie-Ennemond) Camille Jordan
(Marius) Sophus Lie
(M - Overview, Early life, Career, Later life
(Martin) Brian Mulroney - University, Gaining Publicity, Prime Minister, After politics, Legacy, Supreme Court appointments
(Marvin) Neil Simon - Plays, Screenplays, Awards
(Mary Violet) Leontyne Price - Life and Career, Recordings, Reputation, Quotations, Resources
(Mary) Antoinette Perry
(Mary) Edmonia Lewis - Selected sculptures, External Link
(Mary) Evelyn Beatrice Longman - Early life and education, Career, Major works, Other works
(Mary) Flannery O'Connor - Biography, Career, Bibliography
(Melzia Ann) Grace Bumbry - Early life and career, Later career, Recordings and honors
(Michael) Jeremy Bates
