Edward Elgar — Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 ndash; 23 February 1934) was an English Romantic composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches , were… … Wikipedia
The Fringes of the Fleet — is a booklet written in 1916 by Rudyard Kipling (1865 1936). The booklet contains essays and poems that Kipling wrote about nautical subjects in World War I.It is also the title of a song cycle written in 1917 with music by the English composer… … Wikipedia
FRANKLIN, Sir John (1786-1847) — fifth governor of Tasmania and arctic explorer was born at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, on 15 April 1786. He was the fifth son of Willingham Franklin, was educated at the grammar school at Louth, in the autumn of 1800 became a first class… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
Beowulf — /bay euh woolf /, n. 1. (italics) an English alliterative epic poem, probably written in the early 8th century A.D. 2. the hero of this poem. * * * Heroic poem considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European … Universalium
Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin … Catholic encyclopedia
Luther — Martin Luther † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546. His father, Hans, was a… … Catholic encyclopedia
Martin Luther — Martin Luther † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546. His father, Hans, was a… … Catholic encyclopedia
Christopher St Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth (d. 1589) — Christopher St Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth (died 1589) was a member of the Privy Council, and played a leading part in the Irish Government of the 1560s but later went into opposition and was imprisoned as a result. He was nick named the blind lord … Wikipedia
