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51Cicero, Marcus Tullius — born 106 BC, Arpinum, Latium died Dec. 7, 43 BC, Formiae Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Born to a wealthy family, he quickly established a brilliant career in law and plunged into politics, then rife with factionalism and… …
52Shakespeare, William — (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 23, 1616, Stratford upon Avon) British poet and playwright, often considered the greatest writer in world literature. He spent his early life in Stratford upon Avon,… …
53motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
54List of The Bill characters (Q-Z) — This is a list of characters from the police drama The Bill ordered alphabetically by character surname. For a full list of characters ordered by rank, see list of The Bill characters. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at… …
55Punch (magazine) — Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. Punch material was also collected in book formats as early as the 1800s, including Pick of the Punch annuals with cartoons and text… …
56David Reekie — David Reekie, 2007, courtesy of Duncan Reekie Birth name David Reekie Born …
57Mendele Moykher Sforim — or Mendele Mokher Sefarim orig. Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Yiddish; Mendele the Book Peddler ) born Nov. 20, 1835, Kopyl, near Minsk, Russia died Dec. 8, 1917, Odessa Russian author. He lived much of his life in Ukraine, becoming a rabbi and head …
58South African literature — Introduction the body of writings in either Afrikaans or English produced in what is now the Republic of South Africa. The rest of African literature is treated in African literature. South Africa was colonized by Europeans against… …
59William Matthew Scott — Will Scott, 1925 Born William Matthew Scott 30 September 1893[1] Leeds, Yorkshire …
60Aristophanes — Aristophanic /euh ris teuh fan ik/, adj. /ar euh stof euh neez /, n. 448? 385? B.C., Athenian comic dramatist. * * * born с 450 died с 388 BC Greek playwright. An Athenian, he began his career as a comic dramatist in 427. He wrote approximately… …
