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John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic. [1] At the time of his death, he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University , having previously taught at Connecticut College , Hunter College , and the Graduate Center, CUNY .
John Frederick Freeman (29 January 1880 – 23 September 1929) was an English poet and essayist, who gave up a successful career in insurance to write full-time. He was born in London , and started as an office boy aged 13.
John Holmes (January 6, 1904 – June 22, 1962), born John Albert Holmes Jr., was a poet and critic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was born in Somerville, Massachusetts , and both attended and taught at Tufts University where he was a professor of literature and modern poetry for 28 years.
The phrase is commonly attributed to John F. Kennedy, [1] who used it in an October 1963 speech to combat criticisms that a dam project in Arkansas that he was inaugurating was a pork barrel project. [2] [3] These projects produce wealth, they bring industry, they bring jobs, and the wealth they bring brings wealth to other sections of the ...
John Maxwell Edmonds (21 January 1875 – 18 March 1958) was an English classicist, poet and dramatist and the author of several celebrated martial epitaphs. Biography [ edit ]
Almost all capitalist governments had done so by the end of the two decades following Keynes's death in 1946. As a leader of the British delegation, Keynes participated in the design of the international economic institutions established after the end of World War II but was overruled by the American delegation on several aspects.
Ruskin was the only child of first cousins. [1] His father, John James Ruskin (1785–1864), was a sherry and wine importer, [1] founding partner and de facto business manager of Ruskin, Telford and Domecq (see Allied Domecq).
John Taylor was born in the parish of St. Ewen's, near South Gate, Gloucester on 24 August 1578. [1]His parentage is unknown, as the parish registers did not survive the Civil War.