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Rich, Charlie: U.S. country singer (b. Dec. 14, 1932, Colt, Ark.--d. July 25, 1995, Hammond, La.), vaulted to the top of the country music charts in 1973 with the release of two ...
Rich, Claudius James: British business agent in Baghdad whose examination of the site of Babylon (1811) is considered the starting point of Mesopotamian archaeology.
Rich, Irene: American actress who abandoned her career as a successful real estate agent to become a popular star of the silent screen, appearing in scores of melodramas in the 1920s.
Rich, John: English theatre manager and actor, the popularizer of English pantomime and founder of Covent Garden Theatre. [4 Related Articles]
Rich, Lady Penelope: English noblewoman who was the "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's love poems Astrophel and Stella (1591).
Rich, Malcolm N.: (from the article "vanadium") ...in solution. The English chemist Henry Enfield Roscoe first isolated the metal in 1867 by hydrogen reduction of vanadium dichloride, VCl₂, and the American chemists John Wesley Marden and Malcolm ...
Rich, Richard Rich, 1st Baron: powerful minister to England's King Henry VIII and lord chancellor during most of the reign of King Edward VI. Although he participated in the major events of his time, Rich ... [2 Related Articles]
Rich, Robert Rich, 3rd Baron: (from the article "Rich, Lady Penelope") ...Earl of Essex. From an early age she was expected to be a likely wife for Sidney, but after her father's death her guardian, Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, ...
Richard: king of the Romans from 1256 to 1271, aspirant to the crown of the Holy Roman Empire. [5 Related Articles]
Richard B. Russell Lake: (from the article "Abbeville") ... county, northwestern South Carolina, U.S. It lies in a hilly piedmont region bounded to the southwest by the state's Richard B. Russell Lake border with Georgia; the Saluda River ...
Richard Chaffers and Company: (from the article "Liverpool porcelain") soft-paste porcelain, rather heavy and opaque, produced between 1756 and 1800 in various factories of Liverpool, Eng., largely for export to America and the West Indies. The earliest factory was ...
Richard I: duke of Normandy (942-996), son of William I Longsword. [1 Related Articles]
Richard I: duke of Aquitaine (from 1168) and of Poitiers (from 1172) and king of England, duke of Normandy, and count of Anjou (1189-99). His knightly manner and his prowess in the ... [24 Related Articles]
Richard II: duke of Normandy (996-1026/27), son of Richard I the Fearless. He held his own against a peasant insurrection, helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy, and repelled ... [1 Related Articles]
Richard II: king of England from 1377 to 1399. An ambitious ruler, with a lofty conception of the royal office, he was deposed by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV), because of ... [18 Related Articles]
Richard II: (from the article "Richard II") ...and Henry V) known collectively as the "second tetralogy," treating major events in English history of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The story of Richard ...
Richard II: chronicle play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written in 1595-96 and published in a quarto edition in 1597 and in the First Folio of 1623. The quarto edition omits ... [5 Related Articles]
Richard III: duke of Normandy (1026-27, or 1027), son of Richard II the Good. He was succeeding in quelling the revolt of his brother, Robert, when he died opportunely, perhaps of poison, ...
Richard III: the last Plantagenet and Yorkist king of England. He usurped the throne of his nephew Edward V in 1483 and perished in defeat to Henry Tudor (thereafter Henry VII) at ... [13 Related Articles]
Richard III: chronicle play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1592-94 and published in 1597 in a quarto edition seemingly reconstructed from memory by the acting company when a copy ... [11 Related Articles]
Richard III: formerly duke of Gloucester, son of Richard Plantagenet, duke of York, in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2 and Henry VI, Part 3; later king ...
Richard Le Grant: also called Richard Grant, Richard Le Grand, or Richard Of Wethershed 45th archbishop of Canterbury (1229-31), who asserted the independence of the clergy and of his see from royal control.
Richard of Aversa: (from the article "Nicholas II") ...revolutionary decision to forge an alliance with the Normans in southern Italy. At the council of Melfi in August 1059, Nicholas invested Robert Guiscard as duke of Apulia, Calabria, and ...
Richard Of Chichester, Saint: original name Richard Wyche, De Wych, or De Wicio bishop of Chichester, who championed the ideals of St. Edmund of Abingdon.
Richard of Saint-Victor: Roman Catholic theologian whose treatises profoundly influenced medieval and modern mysticism. [3 Related Articles]
Richard the Justiciar: (from the article "France") Finally, there was Burgundy, to the south of Champagne (not to be confused with the old kingdom and the later imperial county of Burgundy), which first achieved princely identity under ...
Richard, Cliff: British singer whose "Move It" (1958) was the first great British rock-and-roll record. Having played in skiffle bands during his youth in northern London, Richard, backed by a band that ... [2 Related Articles]
Richard, Maurice: Canadian ice hockey player (b. Aug. 4, 1921, Montreal, Que.-d. May 27, 2000, Montreal), skated with electrifying passion, as a star of the Montreal Canadiens dynasty that won eight National ...
Richard, Mira: (from the article "Hinduism") ...incarnate manifestation of the superbeings whose evolution he prophesied, and apparently he did not discourage this belief. After his death, the leadership of the Aurobindo Ashram was assumed by Mira ...
Richard-Toll: (from the article "Senegal River") ...from which floods have retreated has been locally improved by embankments, with sluices constructed mainly on the Senegalese riverbank; diesel pumps have also been used on the Mauritanian bank. At ...
Richards Medical Research Building: (from the article "Kahn, Louis I.") In 1957 Kahn was named professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. His Richards Medical Research Building (1960-65) at the university is outstanding for its expression of the distinction ...
Richards, Amy: (from the article "Feminism Reimagined: The Third Wave") ...economic, and social justice"; both were founded by (among others) Rebecca Walker (b. 1969), the daughter of the novelist and second waver Alice Walker (b. 1944). Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy ...
Richards, Ann: American politician (b. Sept.1, 1933, Lakeview, Texas-d. Sept. 13, 2006, Austin, Texas), served (1991-95) as the feisty governor of Texas and was the first woman to gain the office in ...
Richards, Audrey I.: English social anthropologist and educator known chiefly for her researches among several eastern African peoples, especially the Bemba. She did fieldwork in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Uganda, and the Transvaal. Among ...
Richards, Beah: American actress (b. July 12, 1926, Vicksburg, Miss.-d. Sept. 14, 2000, Vicksburg), had a more than 50-year career in film and on stage and television; her television honours included a ...
Richards, Bob: American athlete, the first pole-vaulter to win two Olympic gold medals. Sportswriters called him "the Vaulting Vicar" because he was an ordained minister. [2 Related Articles]
Richards, David Adams: (from the article "Canadian literature") Although the subject of history exerts a powerful influence on all forms of Canadian writing, the tradition of regional fiction has not lost its momentum. David Adams Richards's novels depict ...
Richards, Dickinson Woodruff: American physiologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with Werner Forssmann and Andre F. Cournand. Cournand and Richards adapted Forssmann's technique of using a flexible ... [2 Related Articles]
Richards, Ellen Swallow: American chemist and founder of the home economics movement in the United States.
Richards, George Maxwell: (from the article "Trinidad and Tobago") Area: 5,155 sq km (1,990 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 1,303,000 | Capital: Port of Spain | Chief of state: President George Maxwell Richards | Head of government: Prime ...
Richards, I.A.: English critic, poet, and teacher who was highly influential in developing a new way of reading poetry that led to the New Criticism and that also influenced some forms of ... [8 Related Articles]
Richards, Keith: (from the article "Depp, Johnny") In 2003 Depp appeared as Capt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). His performance, which was modeled on Keith ...
Richards, Laura E.: (from the article "children's literature") ...useful work was also accomplished in the field of fairy-tale and folktale collections. But original literature did not flourish. There were Pyle and Mrs. Burnett and the topflight nonsense verses ...
Richards, Lloyd: Canadian-born American theatre director (b. June 29, 1919, Toronto, Ont.-d. June 29, 2006, New York, N.Y.), exerted a powerful influence on American theatre for four decades as director of groundbreaking ...
Richards, Martin: (from the article "2002: Best Picture") Other Nominees
Richards, Michael: (from the article "Seinfeld") ...former girlfriend, a relationship-obsessed quasi-careerist; and Kramer, Jerry's neighbour, a wild-haired hipster doofus with a surfeit of quirky get-rich-quick and self-improvement schemes (whom Michael Richards invested with oddball freneticism grounded ...
Richards, Norah: (from the article "South Asian arts") ...in 1881, after returning from England, where he became familiar with Western harmonies. Prithvi Raj Kapoor, E. Alkazi, and Utpal Dutt all had their earlier training in English productions. Norah ...
Richards, Sanya: (from the article "Track and Field Sports (Athletics)") The fortunes of American 400-m runner Sanya Richards, the 2006 IAAF Women's Athlete of the Year, rode a rollercoaster in 2007. Richards's spring training was set back by a viral ...
Richards, Sir Gordon: English jockey, the first to ride 4,000 winners and the leading rider in British flat (Thoroughbred) racing for 26 of his 34 seasons (1921-54). His career total of 4,870 victories ... [2 Related Articles]
Richards, Sir Viv: West Indian cricketer, arguably the finest batsman of his generation.
Richards, Sir William Buell: politician and jurist who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1875-79).
Richards, Theodore William: American chemist whose accurate determination of the atomic weights of approximately 25 elements indicated the existence of isotopes and earned him the 1914 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Richards, William: American missionary who helped to promote a liberal constitutional monarchy in the Hawaiian Islands. [1 Related Articles]
Richardson: city, northern suburb of Dallas, Dallas and Collin counties, northern Texas, U.S. The original founders settled Breckenridge township (c. 1853) south of the present city limits in what is now ...
Richardson Mountains: range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains that parallels the northernmost part of the boundary of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, northwestern Canada. Trending northwest-southeast, the Richardson Mountains are the northern ...
Richardson number: parameter that can be used to predict the occurrence of fluid turbulence and, hence, the destruction of density currents in water or air. It was defined by the British meteorologist ... [1 Related Articles]
Richardson's ground squirrel: (from the article "Canada") Among the common grassland mammals are Richardson's ground squirrel and the pocket gopher, both of which damage young grain crops. They continue to proliferate despite predation by badgers, hawks, and ...
Richardson, Benjamin: founder of one of the great English glass-manufacturing houses, who was instrumental in the introduction of modern glass-working methods to England. Richardson's Stourbridge factory was the first in the country ... [2 Related Articles]
Richardson, Bill: American politician, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983-97), as a member of Pres. Bill Clinton's cabinet (1997-2001), and as governor of New Mexico (2003- ... [1 Related Articles]
Richardson, Charles: (from the article "dictionary") ...Another collector, James Jermyn, showed by his publications between 1815 and 1848 that he had the largest body of quotations assembled before that of The Oxford English Dictionary. Charles Richardson ...
Richardson, Clifford: (from the article "roads and highways") In 1887 de Smedt was followed as inspector of asphalts and cements by Clifford Richardson, who set about the task of codifying the specifications for asphalt mixes. Richardson basically developed ...
Richardson, Dennis: (from the article "Australia") Australia's new ambassador to Washington, Dennis Richardson, worked hard to explain Canberra's goal of balancing its trading and strategic relationships with China and the U.S. During a midyear visit to ...
Richardson, Dorothy: As a little girl, U.S. softball player Dot Richardson dreamed of standing on the highest tier of the Olympic podium, bowing her head to receive a gold medal. Amid proud ...
Richardson, Dorothy M.: English novelist, an often neglected pioneer in stream-of-consciousness fiction. [1 Related Articles]
Richardson, Elliot Lee: American government official who on Oct. 20, 1973, resigned from his newly appointed post (April 30, 1973) as U.S. attorney general during what later became known as the "Saturday Night ... [2 Related Articles]
Richardson, Henry Handel: Australian novelist whose trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, combining description of an Australian immigrant's life and work in the goldfields with a powerful character study, is considered the crowning ... [2 Related Articles]
Richardson, Henry Hobson: American architect, the initiator of the Romanesque revival in the United States and a pioneer figure in the development of an indigenous, modern American style of architecture. [6 Related Articles]
Richardson, Ian William: British actor was an accomplished actor and a founding member (1960-75) of the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he gained international recognition for his BAFTA-winning performance as the charismatic Machiavellian ...
Richardson, Jerome: American musician (b. Nov. 15, 1920, Sealy, Texas-d. June 23, 2000, Englewood, N.J.), was a versatile saxophonist and flutist who played on more than 4,000 jazz, rhythm-and-blues, and rock-and-roll recordings. ...
Richardson, John: Canadian writer of historical and autobiographical romantic novels. [1 Related Articles]
Richardson, Jonathan: (from the article "art criticism") At the beginning of the 18th century, the Englishman Jonathan Richardson became the first person to develop a system of art criticism. In An Essay on the Whole Art of ...
Richardson, Lewis Fry: British physicist and psychologist who was the first to apply mathematical techniques to predict the weather accurately. [3 Related Articles]
Richardson, Robert: (from the article "1991: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Callie Khouri for Thelma & LouiseAdapted Screenplay: Ted Tally for The Silence of the LambsCinematography: Robert Richardson for JFKArt Direction: Dennis Gassner for BugsyOriginal Score: Alan Menken for ...
Richardson, Robert C.: American physicist who was the corecipient, along with Douglas Osheroff and David Lee, of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery of superfluidity in the isotope helium-3 (³He). [4 Related Articles]
Richardson, Samuel: English novelist who expanded the dramatic possibilities of the novel by his invention and use of the letter form ("epistolary novel"). His major novels were Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747-48). [6 Related Articles]
Richardson, Sir John: Scottish naval surgeon and naturalist who made accurate surveys of more of the Canadian Arctic coast than any other explorer.
Richardson, Sir Owen Willans: English physicist and recipient of the 1928 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on electron emission by hot metals, the basic principle used in vacuum tubes. [1 Related Articles]
Richardson, Sir Ralph: British stage and motion-picture actor who, with Sir John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, was one of the greatest British actors of his generation. [2 Related Articles]
Richardson, Tony: English theatrical and motion-picture director whose experimental productions stimulated a renewal of creative vitality on the British stage during the 1950s. [4 Related Articles]
Richardson, William Anthony: (from the article "San Francisco") Almost half a century later, a village sprang up on the shore of Yerba Buena Cove, 2 miles (3 km) east of the mission. The pioneer settler was an Englishman, ...
Richardson, Willis: (from the article "African American literature") Although the most memorable literary achievement of the Harlem Renaissance was in narrative prose and poetry, the movement also inspired dramatists such as Willis Richardson, whose The ...
Richardson-Dushman equation: (from the article "electricity") ...potential. Because of this, when the rate at which electrons escape from the metal is calculated, the detailed structure of the metal has little influence on the final result. A ...
Richborough: site of a Roman port (Rutupiae) in Dover district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England, located just north of Sandwich. After the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 CE, ... [1 Related Articles]
Richbourg, John: (from the article "WLAC") Three white disc jockeys-John Richbourg, Gene Nobles, and Bill ("Hoss") Allen-brought fame to themselves and WLAC by playing rhythm and blues, at least partly in response to the requests of ...
Richecourt, Emmanuel, comte de: (from the article "Italy") Emmanuel, comte de Richecourt, who served in Tuscany for 20 years as the chief representative of the regent, Francis I, followed the main lines of Habsburg policy in Milan. Local ...
Richelet, Cesar-Pierre: (from the article "French literature") ...of the French language. This effort bore fruit in the Academie's own Dictionnaire of 1694, though by then rival works had appeared in the dictionaries of Cesar-Pierre ...
Richelieu River: river in Monteregie region, southern Quebec province, Canada, rising from Lake Champlain, just north of the Canada-U.S. border, and flowing northward for 75 miles (120 km) to join the St. ...
Richelieu, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duke de: French nobleman, soldier, and statesman who, as premier of France (1815-18 and 1820-21), obtained the withdrawal of the Allied occupation army from France. Earlier, he had served Russia as governor ... [2 Related Articles]
Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal et duc de: chief minister to King Louis XIII of France from 1624 to 1642. His major goals were the establishment of royal absolutism in France and the end of Spanish-Habsburg hegemony in ... [39 Related Articles]
Richelieu, Louis-Francois-Armand du Plessis, Duke de: marshal of France, and grand-nephew of Cardinal de Richelieu.
Richemont, Arthur, constable de: constable of France (from 1425) who fought for Charles VII under the banner of Joan of Arc and later fought further battles against the English (1436-53) in the final years ... [2 Related Articles]
Richepin, Jean: French poet, dramatist, and novelist who examined the lower levels of society in sharp, bold language. As Emile Zola revolutionized the novel with his naturalism, Richepin did the same for ...
Richer, Jean: French astronomer whose observations of the planet Mars from Cayenne, French Guyana, in 1671-73 contributed to both astronomy and geodesy. The French government sent Richer to Cayenne to measure the ...
Richet, Charles: French physiologist who won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of and coining of the term anaphylaxis, the life-threatening allergic reaction he observed in a ... [1 Related Articles]
Richey, Charles Robert: American federal judge whose influential rulings during his 25 years on the bench advanced women's rights and checked presidential powers; he presided over several Watergate cases and strongly supported the ...
Richie, Lionel: (from the article "1985: Other Winners") ...Direction: Stephen Grimes for Out of AfricaOriginal Score: John Barry for Out of AfricaOriginal Song: "Say You, Say Me" from White Nights; music and lyrics by Lionel RichieHonorary Award: Paul ...
Richier, Germaine: French sculptor of provocative, biomorphic figures.
Richini, Francesco Maria: (from the article "Milan") The most notable of the city's many palaces is the Palazzo di Brera, construction of which dates from 1651. Its architect, Francesco Maria Ricchino, infused the whole Milanese Baroque with ...
Richland: county, central South Carolina, U.S. It is bordered to the east by the Wateree River and to the west by the Broad River, which, after its confluence with the Saluda, ...
Richland: city, Benton county, south-central Washington, U.S., at the juncture of the Yakima and Columbia rivers. With Kennewick and Pasco, it forms a tri-city area. Named in 1905 for Nelson Rich, ...
Richler, Mordecai: prominent Canadian novelist whose incisive and penetrating works explore fundamental human dilemmas and values. [3 Related Articles]