This volume of Who Was Who contains autobiographical entries for people in Who's Who who died between 2011 and 2015, including biographies for Margaret Thatcher, Lauren Bacall, and Peter O'Toole. Each entry is finally revised and the date of death added. The details in each entry were obtained originally from the individual concerned, and revised by them each year, making this a unique historical resource. There are over 100,000 biographies available over all the volumes of Who Was Who.

This is a directory of approximately 13,000 acronyms and abbreviations relating to Africa, including names of societies, institutions, associations, movements, government departments, agencies, ministries, committees, trade unions and commercial companies, from the 19th century onwards, which have been gathered from scholarly monographs and journal articles. The acronyms and abbreviations are international in scope, with many cross-references.

When you need to source accurate information on the past history, achievements and current activities of leading world figures, from heads of state to sporting greats, Europa's The International Who's Who 2016 provides the answer. Published annually since 1935 The International Who's Who is your source for hard-to-find biographical details on over 25,000 of the world's most prominent and influential personalities. Featured personalities are regularly given the opportunity to update their entry, providing new information on education, artistic achievements, leisure interests, awards, contact details and much more. Also available online at www.worldwhoswho.com, featuring thousands of click-through web links and email addresses, and advanced search functions enabling users to search by name, nationality, place and date of birth and by profession.

Esta obra contiene la biografia del poeta Ruben Dario, Padre del Modernismo; un analisis de su obra realizada por el poeta chileno Francisco Contreras, profundo conocedor de la literatura europea en general y de la francesa en especial. Ademas, contiene la genealogia del linaje Diaz de Mayorga, familia a la que pertenecio Ruben Dario, y sus descendientes directos hasta hoy dia, acompanada con mas de 500 fotografias de su familia, amigos, poetas que influyeron en su vida y en su obra. Una iconografia de la revista Mundial de la que su director; varios ensayos sobre la obra de Dario, entre ellos del poeta chileno Gonzalo Rojas, Gabriela Mistral, Osvaldo Bazil, Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Maurice Bowra, Arturo Torres-Rioseco, Luis Cernuda, Ernesto Mejia Sanchez; la carta-prologo de Juan Valera; un extenso ensayo del intelectual y escritor Luis Alberto Cabrales, entre otros. Una breve cronologia de su vida y las publicaciones de sus obras; un poema del chileno Emilio Galan: Apologetica de Azul y una extensa bibliografia. Fotos ineditas de los descendientes de Dario y de la familia de su nuera argentina, casada con su hijo primogenito, Ruben Dario Contreras; genealogia de Rafaela Contreras Canas, esposa de Dario. En esta obra, el lector puede encontrar informacion fundamental de su vida, de su obra, de su familia y el discurso del sacerdote y poeta Azarias H. Pallais, pronunciado en las honras funebres de Dario, en la ciudad de Leon, Nicaragua.

Si c'est a la porte de l'eglise de Bagira que j'entrevis pour la premiere fois la haute stature de Valentin Bashige, c'est qu'il en etait un fidele assidu. Peu bavard, serieux dans son maintien, le visage presque austere, c'etait un chretien convaincu, reconnu et respecte comme tel. Apres une longue carriere militaire, il exercait alors avec sagesse la charge de juge de paix au tribunal coutumier. Cette longue carriere dans ce qu'on appelait alors la "Force Publique" l'avait fait beaucoup voyager, d'un bout a l'autre du Congo, au Rwanda, au Burundi et, meme, durant la guerre, sous commandement belge, jusqu'en Abyssinie, l'actuelle Ethiopie. Il en parlait peu, mais de ces experiences parfois douloureuses, du cotoiement de populations differentes, venait sans doute ce regard profond et reflechi qu'il portait sur les gens et sur le monde.

People who are considered "famous" can be found in many different fields. This book describes 472 museums, historic sites, and memorials about 409 people in 26 categories: Actors Explorers Playwrights Architects First Ladies Poets Artists/Sculptors Frontiersmen Presidents Athletes Journalists/Publishers Public Officials/ Author/Writers Medical Innovators Political Figures Aviators/Astronauts Military Figures Religious Leaders Business/Industrial/Financial Musicians/Singers/ Scientists/Engineers/ Figures Composers Inventors Educators Outlaws Social Activists Entertainers Patriotic Figures Socialites They include such people as Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Sinclair Lewis, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Will Rogers, Daniel Boone, Buffalo Bill Cody, William Randolph Hearst, Douglas MacArthur, Robert E. Lee, Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Betsy Ross, Carl Sandburg, Jesse James, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jane Addams, Frederick Douglass, Doris Duke, Helen Keller, Wilbur and Orville Wright, and all the Presidents, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among the sites of the museums and other tributes are such places as the Katharine Hepburn Museum, Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio, Babe Ruth Museum, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Mark Twain House and Museum, Charles A. Lindberg Historic Site, Lincoln Memorial, Morgan Library and Museum, Kit Carson Home and Museum, Clara Barton National Historic Site, Stonewall Jackson's Home, Marian Anderson Residence/Museum and Birthplace, Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, Tennessee Williams Birthplace/Home, Mount Vernon: George Washington's Estate and Gardens, Roger Williams National Memorial, Rachel Carson Homestead, Rosa Parks Library and Museum, and Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. In addition to the chapters and directory, the book includes a geographical guide to the sites, selected bibliography, index, and 29 photographs.

When you need to source accurate information on the past history, achievements and current activities of leading world figures, from heads of state to sporting greats, Europa's The International Who's Who 2015 provides the answer. Published annually since 1935, The International Who's Who 2015 is your source for hard-to-find biographical details on over 25,000 of the world's most prominent and influential personalities. Each year, all the featured personalities are given the opportunity to update their entry, providing new information on education, artistic achievements, leisure interests, awards, contact details and much more. Also available online at www.worldwhoswho.com, featuring thousands of click-through web links and email addresses, and advanced search functions enabling users to search by name, nationality, place and date of birth and by profession.

This book provides information on more than 400 men and women who have made significant contributions to the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy. Each entry offers a short summary of the individual's personal life and a detailed analysis of the theories, approaches, or methodologies he or she contributed to a particular field. Also included in each entry is a brief guide to the individual's chief works of professional literature. A detailed timeline lists each person's date of birth, full name, and primary field of study, and an extensive glossary explains technical terms used throughout the work.

This book is a biographical A to Z guide to several hundred unheralded stunt performers who created some of the cinema's greatest action scenes without credit or recognition. The time period covered encompasses the silent comedy days of Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, the early westerns of Tom Mix and John Wayne, the swashbucklers of Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, and Burt Lancaster, the costume epics of Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas, and the action films of Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, and Charles Bronson. Without stuntmen and women working behind the scenes the films of these action superstars would not have been as successful. Now fantastic athletes and leading stunt creators such as Yakima Canutt, Richard Talmadge, Harvey Parry, Allen Pomeroy, Dave Sharpe, Jock Mahoney, Chuck Roberson, Polly Burson, Bob Morgan, Loren Janes, Dean Smith, Hal Needham, Martha Crawford, Ronnie Rondell, Terry Leonard, and Bob Minor are given their proper due. Each entry covers the performer's athletic background, military service, actors doubled, noteworthy stunts, and a rundown of their best known screen credits.

The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Writers expands the range of writers included in the landmark South Carolina Encyclopedia. This guide updates the entries on writers featured in the original encyclopedia and augments that list substantially with dozens of new essays on additional authors from the late eighteenth century to the present who have contributed to the Palmetto State's distinctive literary heritage. Each profile in this concise reference includes essential biographical facts and critical assessments to place the featured writers in the larger context of South Carolina's literary tradition. The guide comprises 128 entries written by more than sixty-nine literary scholars, and it also highlights the sixty-nine writers inducted thus far into the South Carolina Academy of Authors, which serves as the state's literary hall of fame. Rich in natural beauty and historic complexity, South Carolina has long been a source of inspiration for writers. The talented novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, journalists, historians, and other writers featured here represent the countless individuals who have shared tales and lore of South Carolina. The guide includes a foreword by George Singleton, author of two novels, four short story collections and one nonfiction book, and a 2010 inductee of the South Carolina Academy of Authors.