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1899–1962, Anglo-American actor, b. Scarborough, England. A large, versatile character actor, Laughton was successful both in films and on the stage...
(äl-färä´b ) (KEY) , d. 950, Islamic philosopher. He studied in Baghdad and later flourished in Aleppo as a sufi mystic (see Sufism). He died in D...
(t m–mä´z kämpän l´lä) (KEY) , 1568–1639, Italian Renaissance philosopher and writer. He entered the Dominican order at the age of 15, and ...
(w r), 1944–, Australian film director, b. Sydney. His early work helped to bring Australian film to world attention; his later films, made in Holly...
(Joseph Oliver), 1885–1938, American jazz musician, b. Abend, La. Oliver began his professional career in 1904 with the Onward Brass Band. After pla...
( ´ r, âr) (KEY) , 1910–89, British philosopher, b. London, grad. Oxford, 1932. From 1933 to 1944 he was lecturer and research fellow at Oxford’...