Kanton Atoll, largest and northernmost of the Phoenix Islands, a coral group, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Located approximately 1,600 miles (2,600 km) southwest of Hawaii, Kanton’s circular coral reef encloses a lagoon extending 7 miles by 3 miles (11 km by 5 km). Sighted

Ippolito Pindemonte: …on political conditions in Europe, Abaritte (1790). Disillusioned by the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, Pindemonte left for London, Berlin, and Vienna. On his return to Italy his Prose campestri, a companion volume to the earlier poetry, was published (1794).

Avar, one of a people who, though likely originating in Mongolia, built an empire in the area between the Adriatic and the Baltic seas and between the Elbe and Dnieper rivers (6th–8th century). Inhabiting an area in the Caucasus region in 558, they intervened in Germanic tribal wars, allied with

Guyana: Drainage: the Mahaica, the Mahaicony, and the Abary.

Ajaria: History: …was under the leadership of Aslan Abashidze, a pro-Russian ruler from a distinguished family of Ajar descent. Following a constitutional amendment passed by the Georgian parliament in April 2000, Ajaria was officially designated an autonomous republic. Relations between Ajaria and the central Georgian government—already somewhat contentious—worsened following the 2004 election…

Sait Faik Abasıyanık was a short-story writer, a major figure in modern Turkish literature. Educated in Constantinople (now Istanbul) and Bursa, Abasıyanık was in France from 1931 to 1935, primarily in Grenoble. On his return to Turkey, he began to publish his short stories in Varlık (“Existence”),

Buenos Aires: City neighbourhoods: Abasto and Once are quintessential working-class neighbourhoods; both are located west of Avenida 9 de Julio. Carlos Gardel, one of Argentina’s renowned tango singers, lived in Abasto. Once is famous for its Art Deco buildings. To the north of Once lies Belgrano, home to a…

Niccolò dell’Abate was a painter of the Bolognese school who, along with others, introduced the post-Renaissance Italian style of painting to France and helped to inspire the French classical school of landscape painting. Abate probably received early training from his father, the stuccoist

Niccolò dell’Abate was a painter of the Bolognese school who, along with others, introduced the post-Renaissance Italian style of painting to France and helped to inspire the French classical school of landscape painting. Abate probably received early training from his father, the stuccoist

abatement, in law, the interruption of a legal proceeding upon the pleading by a defendant of a matter that prevents the plaintiff from going forward with the suit at that time or in that form. Pleas in abatement raise such matters as objections to the place, mode, or time of the plaintiff’s claim.

Firmin Abauzit was a scholar who contributed to a French translation of the New Testament. Abauzit was born of Huguenot parents and was sent at age 10 to live in Geneva so that he would escape the strictures (enforced Roman Catholicism) brought about by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In

abacus, calculating device, probably of Babylonian origin, that was long important in commerce. It is the ancestor of the modern calculating machine and computer. The earliest “abacus” likely was a board or slab on which a Babylonian spread sand in order to trace letters for general writing

Kazakhstan: Cultural life: …recognition for the long novel Abay, based on the life and poetry of Kūnanbay-ulï, and for his plays, including Änglik-Kebek.

Blue Nile River, headstream of the Nile River and source of almost 70 percent of its floodwater at Khartoum. It reputedly rises as the Abāy from a spring 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) above sea level, near Lake Tana in northwestern Ethiopia. The river flows into and out of the lake, runs through a

religious dress: Islam: …worn in association with an ʿabāʾ (a long, full garment), traditionally of camel hair and brown or black. This is sometimes secured by a ḥijām, or cummerbund. In this second regional variant, the ʿimāmah becomes a full turban replacing the cap, or fez. A green turban usually denotes a sharīf,…

religious dress: Islam: …worn in association with an ʿabāʾ (a long, full garment), traditionally of camel hair and brown or black. This is sometimes secured by a ḥijām, or cummerbund. In this second regional variant, the ʿimāmah becomes a full turban replacing the cap, or fez. A green turban usually denotes a sharīf,…

Abkhaz: The Abaza people, who speak a similar language, dwell north of the main Caucasus mountain chain around the sources of the Kuban and Zelenchuk rivers in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. Abaza and Abkhaz are so similar that many linguists consider them to be dialects of a single language.…

Abaza language, language spoken primarily in the western part of the Caucasus Mountains and in northeastern Turkey. Abaza is related to Abkhaz, Adyghian, Kabardian (Circassian), and Ubykh, which constitute the Abkhazo-Adyghian, or Northwest Caucasian, language group. These languages are noted for

religious dress: Islam: …worn in association with an ʿabāʾ (a long, full garment), traditionally of camel hair and brown or black. This is sometimes secured by a ḥijām, or cummerbund. In this second regional variant, the ʿimāmah becomes a full turban replacing the cap, or fez. A green turban usually denotes a sharīf,…

Alex Boncayao Brigade, Manila-based death squad that assassinated dozens of people on the orders of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Marxist-Leninist (CPP-ML) during the 1980s. The CPP-ML broke away from the main Philippine Communist Party in 1968–69 and created the New People’s Army (NPA).

African Blood Brotherhood (ABB), American black liberation group active in the post-World War I period that advocated the position that socialist revolution was possible within the context of race politics and working-class unity. The African Blood Brotherhood (ABB) was based on the ideas of both

Indra Nooyi: …firm Asea Brown Boveri (now ABB).

Indra Nooyi: …firm Asea Brown Boveri (now ABB).

ABBA, Swedish Europop band that was among the most commercially successful groups in the history of popular music. In the 1970s it dominated the European charts with its catchy pop songs. Members included songwriter and keyboard player Benny Andersson (b. December 16, 1946, Stockholm, Sweden),

Samuel of Nehardea: …with those of Rav (Abba Arika, head of the academy at Sura), figure prominently in the Babylonian Talmud.

Ethiopia: The Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties: The monk Ewostatewos (c. 1273–1352) preached isolation from corrupting state influences and a return to biblical teachings—including observance of the Judaic Sabbath on Saturday in addition to the Sunday observance, an idea apparently already widely diffused in Ethiopia. The great emperor Zara Yaqob (Zara Yakob; reigned 1434–68)…

Astruc of Lunel was an anti-rationalist Jewish zealot who incited Rabbi Solomon ben Abraham Adret of Barcelona, the most powerful rabbi of his time, to restrict the study of science and philosophy, thereby nearly creating a schism in the Jewish community of Europe. Although Astruc revered

Ābādān, city, extreme southwestern Iran. The city is situated in Khūzestān, part of the oil-producing region of Iran. Ābādān lies on an island of the same name along the eastern bank of the Shaṭṭ Al-ʿArab (river), 33 miles (53 km) from the Persian Gulf. The city thus lies along Iran’s border with

Mostafa El-Abbadi was an Egyptian historian who was regarded as the leading Egyptian scholar of the Greco-Roman world and was the visionary who conceived of and successfully pushed for a revival of the Library of Alexandria in the form of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Abbadi graduated (1951) from

Mostafa El-Abbadi was an Egyptian historian who was regarded as the leading Egyptian scholar of the Greco-Roman world and was the visionary who conceived of and successfully pushed for a revival of the Library of Alexandria in the form of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Abbadi graduated (1951) from

ʿAbbādid dynasty, Muslim-Arab dynasty of Andalusia that arose in Sevilla (Seville) in the 11th century, in the period of the factions, or “party kingdoms” (ṭāʾifahs), following the downfall of the caliphate of Córdoba. In 1023 the qadi (religious judge) Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbbād declared

Antoine-Thomson d’ Abbadie and Arnaud-Michel d’ Abbadie: …1835 the French Academy sent Antoine on a scientific mission to Brazil. Arnaud spent some time in Algeria before the two brothers started for Ethiopia in 1837, landing at Mitsiwa (now Massawa, Eritrea) in 1838. After collecting much information on the geography and natural history of the country, the brothers…

Antoine-Thomson d’ Abbadie and Arnaud-Michel d’ Abbadie were two brothers who, as geographers and travelers, conducted extensive investigations of the geography, geology, archaeology, and natural history of Ethiopia. Their parents, a French father and an Irish mother, moved to France in 1818. In

Antoine-Thomson d’ Abbadie and Arnaud-Michel d’ Abbadie: Arnaud spent some time in Algeria before the two brothers started for Ethiopia in 1837, landing at Mitsiwa (now Massawa, Eritrea) in 1838. After collecting much information on the geography and natural history of the country, the brothers returned to France in 1848. Antoine published…

Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor and music director of the Vienna State Opera (1986–91) and principal conductor of London Symphony Orchestra (1979–88) and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1989–2002). Abbado also frequently worked with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. One of a long line

existentialism: Nature of existentialist thought and manner: …that of Italian existentialism was Nicola Abbagnano. The linguistic differences, however, are not decisive for a determination of philosophical affinities. For example, Marcel and Sartre were farther apart than Heidegger and Sartre; and there was greater affinity between Abbagnano and Merleau-Ponty than between Merleau-Ponty and Marcel.

Althiburos, ancient city of Numidia in North Africa, on the road constructed by the Roman emperor Hadrian in 123 ce, between Carthage and Theveste (Tébessa) in what is now Tunisia and Algeria, respectively. The town, originally an indigenous settlement, obtained municipal rights from Hadrian.

Judaism: Palestine (c. 220–c. 400): The outstanding rabbinic scholar there, Abbahu (c. 279–320), wielded great influence with the Roman authorities. Because he combined learning with personal wealth and political power, he attracted some of the most gifted students of the day to the city. About 350 the studies and decisions of the authorities in Caesarea…

Alla Rakha was an Indian tabla player, widely acknowledged in his day as one of the finest in India. As a regular accompanist of Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar in the 1960s and ’70s, he was largely responsible for developing interest in the tabla among non-Indian audiences. He traced his

abbot, the superior of a monastic community that follows the Benedictine Rule (Benedictines, Cistercians, Camaldolese, Trappists) and of certain other orders (Premonstratensians, canons regular of the Lateran). The word derives from the Aramaic ab (“father”), or aba (“my father”), which in the

ʿAbbās I was the viceroy of Egypt under the Ottomans from 1848 to 1854. Despite his relatively peaceful and prosperous reign as viceroy of Egypt, ʿAbbās was largely vilified as selfish, secretive, cruel, and a reactionary. Nevertheless, some scholars have since noted that ʿAbbās’s much-blackened

ʿAbbās II was the last khedive (viceroy) of Egypt, from 1892 to 1914, when British hegemony was established. His opposition to British power in Egypt made him prominent in the nationalist movement. ʿAbbās became khedive following the sudden death of his father, Tawfīq Pasha, in 1892, while ʿAbbās

ʿAbbās I was the viceroy of Egypt under the Ottomans from 1848 to 1854. Despite his relatively peaceful and prosperous reign as viceroy of Egypt, ʿAbbās was largely vilified as selfish, secretive, cruel, and a reactionary. Nevertheless, some scholars have since noted that ʿAbbās’s much-blackened

ʿAbbās I was the shah of Persia from 1588 to 1629, who strengthened the Safavid dynasty by expelling Ottoman and Uzbek troops from Persian soil and by creating a standing army. He also made Eṣfahān the capital of Persia and fostered commerce and the arts, so that Persian artistic achievement

Shiʿi: Anti-Umayyad movements: the Zaydi Shiʿah and the ʿAbbāsids: …ʿAlī’s family, however, but on ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, an uncle of the Prophet. With much support from the mawālī and from supporters of ʿAlī’s family, the ʿAbbāsids succeeded in unseating the Umayyads in 750. The ʿAbbāsid dynasty went on to empower the mawālī but abandoned loyalists to ʿAlī’s family,…

Safavid dynasty: …during the reign of Shah ʿAbbās II (1642–66), it was a period of decline. Eṣfahān fell to the Ghilzai Afghans of Kandahār in 1722. Seven years later Shah Ṭahmāsp II recovered Eṣfahān and ascended the throne, only to be deposed in 1732 by his Afshārid lieutenant Nadr Qolī Beg (the…

ʿAbbās II was the last khedive (viceroy) of Egypt, from 1892 to 1914, when British hegemony was established. His opposition to British power in Egypt made him prominent in the nationalist movement. ʿAbbās became khedive following the sudden death of his father, Tawfīq Pasha, in 1892, while ʿAbbās

ʿAbbās Mīrzā was the crown prince of the Qājār dynasty of Iran who introduced European military techniques into his country. Although he was not the eldest son of Fatḥ ʿAlī Shāh (1797–1834), ʿAbbās Mīrzā was named crown prince and appointed governor of the province of Azerbaijan in 1798 or 1799.

ʿAbbās I was the shah of Persia from 1588 to 1629, who strengthened the Safavid dynasty by expelling Ottoman and Uzbek troops from Persian soil and by creating a standing army. He also made Eṣfahān the capital of Persia and fostered commerce and the arts, so that Persian artistic achievement

Ferhat Abbas was a politician and leader of the national independence movement who served as the first president of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic. Son of a Muslim official in the Algerian civil service, Abbas received an entirely French education at Philippeville (now Skikda)

Ferhat Abbas was a politician and leader of the national independence movement who served as the first president of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic. Son of a Muslim official in the Algerian civil service, Abbas received an entirely French education at Philippeville (now Skikda)

Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian politician who served briefly as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 2003 and was elected its president in 2005 following the death of Yasser Arafat. He was an early member of the Fatah movement and was instrumental in building networks and contacts that

Nawaz Sharif: Corruption allegations, prosecution, and exile: …down and was replaced by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Sharif, his wife, and his children left for London, while his brother Shehbaz Sharif was selected to lead the PML-N in the next elections.

ʿAbbasid caliphate, second of the two great dynasties of the Muslim empire of the caliphate. It overthrew the Umayyad caliphate in 750 ce and reigned as the Abbasid caliphate until it was destroyed by the Mongol invasion in 1258. The name is derived from that of the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad,

Baghdad: Architecture and monuments: …late Abbasid architecture include the Abbasid Palace (late 12th or early 13th century) and the Mustanṣiriyyah madrasah (an Islamic law college built by the caliph al-Mustanṣir in 1233), both restored as museums, and the Sahrāwardī Mosque (1234). The Wasṭānī Gate, the only remnant of the medieval wall, has been converted…

Suez Canal: Construction: … and a northern one (Al-ʿAbbāsiyyah Canal) to Port Said. This supplied drinking water in an otherwise arid area and was completed in 1863.

Niccolò dell’Abate was a painter of the Bolognese school who, along with others, introduced the post-Renaissance Italian style of painting to France and helped to inspire the French classical school of landscape painting. Abate probably received early training from his father, the stuccoist

Macchiaioli: …and Raffaello Sernesi (1838–66) and Giuseppe Abbati (1836–68), both of whom also used colour in a highly original manner.

Charles Vildrac: …brother-in-law) and others, founded the Abbaye de Créteil, a community of young artists and writers who, from 1906 to 1907, lived together in the Paris suburb of Créteil. During World War II he was active in the French Resistance.

Charles Vildrac: …brother-in-law) and others, founded the Abbaye de Créteil, a community of young artists and writers who, from 1906 to 1907, lived together in the Paris suburb of Créteil. During World War II he was active in the French Resistance.

Charles Vildrac: …brother-in-law) and others, founded the Abbaye de Créteil, a community of young artists and writers who, from 1906 to 1907, lived together in the Paris suburb of Créteil. During World War II he was active in the French Resistance.

Opatija, resort town, one of the best-known coastal resorts in Istria, western Croatia. It is situated at the head of the Kvarner, a gulf of the Adriatic Sea along the eastern side of the Istrian peninsula. The town’s name derives from the old Benedictine opatija (“abbey”) of San Giacomo al Palo,

Isabelle de Charrière was a Swiss novelist whose work anticipated early 19th-century emancipated ideas. She married her brother’s Swiss tutor and settled at Colombier near Neuchâtel. Influenced by Denis Diderot and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, she expressed views critical of aristocratic privilege, moral

Jacques Delille was a poet and classicist who enjoyed an impressive reputation in his day as the “French Virgil.” Aided by scholarships, Delille was a brilliant student and taught Latin poetry at the Collège de France. His reputation was established with a verse translation of Virgil’s Georgics

Eric Betzig: …microscopy, which has a resolution limit (discovered by German physicist Ernst Abbe in 1873) of about 200 nanometres (nm) for the shortest wavelengths of visible light. However, near-field microscopy has the disadvantage that it cannot look deep beneath the surface of objects, such as cell membranes. Other high-resolution devices, such…

Ernst Abbe: …optical formula now called the Abbe sine condition, one of the requirements that a lens must satisfy if it is to form a sharp image, free from the blurring or distortion caused by coma and spherical aberration. As head of the Zeiss company, he reorganized the company and created many…

Cleveland Abbe was an American astronomer and meteorologist who assisted in the development and growth of the United States Weather Bureau, later renamed the National Weather Service. Trained as an astronomer, he was appointed director of the Cincinnati (Ohio) Observatory in 1868. His interest

Ernst Abbe was a physicist whose theoretical and technical innovations in optical theory led to great improvements in microscope design (such as the use of a condenser to provide strong, even illumination, introduced in 1870) and clearer understanding of magnification limits. In 1873 he discovered

abbess, the title of a superior of certain communities of nuns following the Benedictine Rule, of convents of the Second Order of St. Francis (Poor Clares), and of certain communities of canonesses. The first historical record of the name is on a Roman inscription dated c. 514. To be elected, an

Abbeville, city, seat (1854) of Vermilion parish, southern Louisiana, U.S., on the Vermilion River, 20 miles (32 km) south-southwest of Lafayette. It was founded in 1843 by a Capuchin missionary, Père Antoine Desire Mégret, who patterned it on a French Provençal village. First called La Chapelle

Abbeville, town, Somme département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France, near the mouth of the canalized Somme, northwest of Amiens. Stone Age artifacts unearthed by Jacques Boucher de Crèvecoeur de Perthes in 1844 attesting to early occupation of the site are displayed at the Musée

Abbeville, city, seat of Abbeville county, northwestern South Carolina, U.S. French Huguenots in 1764 settled the site, which was named for Abbeville, France, by John de la Howe. The city is regarded by some as the “Cradle and the Grave of the Confederacy”; it was there that a secessionist meeting

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 forms the county’s northeastern border. Calhoun Falls State Park is on the lake, which is formed by the

Abbevillian industry, prehistoric stone tool tradition generally considered to represent the oldest occurrence in Europe of a bifacial (hand ax) technology. The Abbevillian industry dates from an imprecisely determined part of the Pleistocene Epoch, somewhat less than 700,000 years ago. It was

abbey, group of buildings housing a monastery or convent, centred on an abbey church or cathedral, and under the direction of an abbot or abbess. In this sense, an abbey consists of a complex of buildings serving the needs of a self-contained religious community. The term abbey is also used loosely

the Beatles: The following year Abbey Road went on to become one of the band’s best-loved and biggest-selling albums.

the Beatles: … was soliciting buyers for its Abbey Road Studios, where the Beatles made the great majority of their recordings, the British Department for Culture, Media, and Sport declared the recording complex a historic landmark. EMI subsequently announced that it would retain ownership of the iconic studio while seeking outside investment to…

Abbey Theatre, Dublin theatre, established in 1904. It grew out of the Irish Literary Theatre (founded in 1899 by William Butler Yeats and Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory, and devoted to fostering Irish poetic drama), which in 1902 was taken over by the Irish National Dramatic Society, led by W.G.

Edward Abbey was an American writer whose works, set primarily in the southwestern United States, reflect an uncompromising environmentalist philosophy. The son of a Pennsylvania farmer, Abbey earned a B.A. (1951) and an M.A. (1956) at the University of New Mexico. He subsequently worked as a park

Edwin Austin Abbey was an American painter and one of the foremost illustrators of his day. While working as an illustrator for the publishing house of Harper and Brothers, New York City, Abbey began to create illustrations for the poems of Robert Herrick in 1874. He went on to create illustrations

aṅgā: Abbhutadhamma, or adbhutadharma (“wondrous phenomena”), stories of miracles and supernatural events. Vedalla (perhaps meaning “subtle analysis”), teachings in catechetical form, according to the Pāli system. The Sanskrit tradition places here, as vaipulya, a number of important Mahāyāna works, including the Lotus Sūtra, Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā, and

Aimoin: …the biography of the abbot Abbo (d. 1004), who suggested that Aimoin compose a history of the Franks. His Historia Francorum, or Libri IV de gestis Francorum, was compiled from texts from the Merovingian period that were rewritten by Aimoin in better Latin. Later, 12th-century historians expanded and refined his…

abbot, the superior of a monastic community that follows the Benedictine Rule (Benedictines, Cistercians, Camaldolese, Trappists) and of certain other orders (Premonstratensians, canons regular of the Lateran). The word derives from the Aramaic ab (“father”), or aba (“my father”), which in the

Charles Greeley Abbot was an American astrophysicist who, as director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C., for almost four decades, engaged in a career-long campaign to demonstrate that the Sun’s energy output varies and has a measurable effect on the Earth’s weather.

biblical literature: The Christian canon: In 1615 Archbishop George Abbot forbade the issuance of Bibles without the Apocrypha, but editions of the King James Version from 1630 on often omitted it from the bound copies. The Geneva Bible edition of 1640 was probably the first to be intentionally printed in England without the…

Earth sciences: Surface water discharge: …of Andrew Atkinson Humphreys and Henry Larcom Abbot in the course of the Mississippi Delta Survey of 1851–60. Their formula contained no term for roughness of channel and on this and other grounds was later found to be inapplicable to the rapidly flowing streams of mountainous regions. In 1869 Emile-Oscar…

Abbotsford, former home of the 19th-century novelist Sir Walter Scott, situated on the right bank of the River Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, historic county of Roxburghshire, Scotland. Scott purchased the original farm, then known as Carley Hole, in 1811 and transformed it (1817–25) into a

Abbott and Costello, American comedic duo who performed onstage, in films, and on radio and television. Bud Abbott (original name William Alexander Abbott; b. October 2, 1895, Asbury Park, New Jersey, U.S.—d. April 24, 1974, Woodland Hills, California) and Lou Costello (original name Louis Francis

Abbott and Costello: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)—in which they battled the famous Universal characters of Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, and the Wolfman—is generally regarded as their best film.

Keystone Kops: …about the silent era; and Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955).

Quinta Brunson: Abbott Elementary: Brunson next created Abbott Elementary, which premiered in 2021 and was largely inspired by her mother’s 40-year teaching career. In the style of hit American sitcoms The Office and Parks and Recreation, Abbott Elementary is a workplace mockumentary; it follows a group of…

Anderson Abbott was a doctor and surgeon who was the first Canadian-born person of colour to graduate from medical school. He served in the Union army as a civilian surgeon during the American Civil War. Abbott was born to an affluent family. His parents, Wilson Abbott and Ellen Toyer, both free

Anderson Abbott was a doctor and surgeon who was the first Canadian-born person of colour to graduate from medical school. He served in the Union army as a civilian surgeon during the American Civil War. Abbott was born to an affluent family. His parents, Wilson Abbott and Ellen Toyer, both free

Tony Abbott is an Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives (1994–2019), leader of the Liberal Party of Australia (2009–15), and prime minister of Australia (2013–15). Abbott attended the University of Sydney, where he earned a B.A. in economics (1979)

Berenice Abbott was a photographer best known for her photographic documentation of New York City in the late 1930s and for her preservation of the works of Eugène Atget. Abbott studied briefly at the Ohio State University before moving in 1918 to New York City, where she explored sculpture and

Abbott and Costello: Abbott was born into a circus family, and he managed burlesque houses before he met Costello. He spent much time backstage studying the top American comics of the day, including W.C. Fields, Bert Lahr, and the comedy team of Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough. In…

Diane Abbott is a British politician who was the first woman of African descent elected (1987) to the House of Commons. Abbott’s parents, originally from Jamaica, immigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. She was educated at Harrow County Grammar School for Girls and received a degree in

Diane Abbott is a British politician who was the first woman of African descent elected (1987) to the House of Commons. Abbott’s parents, originally from Jamaica, immigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. She was educated at Harrow County Grammar School for Girls and received a degree in

Edith Abbott was an American social worker, educator, and author who was instrumental in promoting the professional practice and academic discipline of social work in the United States. Edith Abbott was the older sister of Grace Abbott, who would serve as chief of the United States Children’s

George Abbott was an American theatrical director, producer, playwright, actor, and motion-picture director who staged some of the most popular Broadway productions from the 1920s to the ’60s. After graduating from the University of Rochester, N.Y., in 1911, Abbott began acting on Broadway in 1913.