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Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
Hawthorne's father Nathaniel Hathorne Sr. was a sea captain who died in 1808 of yellow fever in Dutch Suriname; [6] he had been a member of the East India Marine Society. [7] After his death, his widow moved with young Nathaniel, his older sister Elizabeth, and their younger sister Louisa to live with relatives named the Mannings in Salem, [8 ...
A 2012 survey by the University of Worcester determined that it was the second most common book that UK adults had read as children, after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Adults, perhaps limited to parents, ranked Alice and The Lion fifth and sixth as books the next generation should read, or their children should read during their lifetimes ...
1 Paralipomenon: The First Book of the Chronicles 2 Chronicles: 2 Paralipomenon: 2 Paralipomenon: The Second Book of the Chronicles Ezra: 1 Esdrae: 1 Esdras: Ezra Nehemiah: Nehemiae also known as 2 Esdrae: 2 Esdras: The Book of Nehemiah Esther: Esther 1,1 – 10,3: Esther 1:1 – 10:3: The Book of Esther Job: Job: Job: The Book of Job Psalms ...
The Convocation of 1563 opened on 15 January 1562/3 with a sermon by William Day; he was one of leaders, prominent with Alexander Nowell (who had preached the day before at the opening of Parliament) and Thomas Sampson, of the reformers. [8] [9] [10] The convocation approved the Thirty-nine Articles as a confessional statement for the Church of ...
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Blue Bloods has officially concluded after 14 highly successful seasons on CBS, and the cast still isn't ready to say goodbye — including Tom Selleck, who portrayed Frank Reagan, the New York ...
Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his maternal grandfather was the rector of All Saints.He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Erasmus Dryden and wife Mary Pickering, paternal grandson of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Barone t (1553–1632), and wife Frances Wilkes, Puritan landowning gentry who supported the Puritan cause and ...