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Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, an affluent suburb just west of Chicago, [1] to Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a physician, and Grace Hall Hemingway, a musician.His parents were well-educated and well-respected in Oak Park, [2] a conservative community about which resident Frank Lloyd Wright said, "So many churches for so many good people to go to."
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of British poets. [6]Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also ...
Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance; she became based in the UK after 1938. [1] [2] [3] Hall entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003 as the world's most enduring ...
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (/ oʊ ˈ r ɪər d ən / oh-REER-dən; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician who was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the alternative rock band the Cranberries. [2] One of the most recognisable voices in rock in the 1990s, she was known for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice, signature yodel, use of keening, and strong Limerick accent.
Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt; 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician.Dutt was honoured with Padma Shri, in 1968, by the Government of India, for his contribution to Indian cinema. [3] [4]Dutt debuted in 1955 with the Hindi film Railway Platform. [5] He rose to prominence with highly successful and acclaimed films, such as Ek Hi Raasta (1956 ...
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, [a] was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in a "light Scots dialect" of English, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland.
Thelema (/ θ ə ˈ l iː m ə /) is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy [1] and a new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. [2] Central to Thelema is the concept of discovering and following one's True Will, a unique purpose that transcends ordinary desires.
William Funnell shares his thought on how to ensure the sport – and way of life – we love remains socially acceptable If any good came out of the dressage furore, perhaps it was a wake-up call ...