George Smith was a self-taught English Assyriologist who ran around the room, stripping off his clothes, when he discovered a story similar to that of Noah’s Ark as he read the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the most important works in Akkadian literature. Smith’s translation of the epic and its flood

George Smith was a British publisher, best known for issuing the works of many Victorian writers and for publishing the first edition of the Dictionary of National Biography. Smith’s father, also named George Smith (1789–1846), learned bookselling in his native Scotland and, after moving to London,

George E. Smith was an American physicist who was awarded, with physicist Willard Boyle, the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2009 for their invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD). They shared the prize with physicist Charles Kao, who discovered how light could be transmitted through fiber-optic

George E. Smith was an American physicist who was awarded, with physicist Willard Boyle, the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2009 for their invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD). They shared the prize with physicist Charles Kao, who discovered how light could be transmitted through fiber-optic

Old Bailey: …20th century were those of George Joseph Smith (1915), who drowned three women—each of whom he had recently married—in a bathtub; Nazi propagandist and radio broadcaster William Joyce (1945), nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw for the sneering way in which he tried to undermine British morale during World War II; and serial…

George P. Smith is an American biochemist known for his development of phage display, a laboratory technique employing bacteriophages (bacteria-infecting viruses) for the investigation of protein-protein, protein-DNA, and protein-peptide interactions. Phage display proved valuable to the

George Washington Smith was an American dancer, ballet master, and teacher, considered the only male American ballet star of the 19th century. Smith’s talents were developed by studying with various visiting European teachers in his native Philadelphia, then a mecca for theatre and dance. His

TV on the Radio: …24, 1974, California), and bassist-keyboardist Gerard Smith (in full Gerard Anthony Smith; b. September 20, 1974, New York, New York—d. April 20, 2011, Brooklyn, New York).

TV on the Radio: …24, 1974, California), and bassist-keyboardist Gerard Smith (in full Gerard Anthony Smith; b. September 20, 1974, New York, New York—d. April 20, 2011, Brooklyn, New York).

Gerrit Smith was an American reformer and philanthropist who provided financial backing for the antislavery crusader John Brown. Smith was born into a wealthy family. In about 1828 he became an active worker in the cause of temperance, and in his home village, Peterboro, he built one of the first

Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born American motion-picture actress who became known as “America’s sweetheart” of the silent screen. She was one of Hollywood’s first film stars, and she was a founder of United Artists Corporation. At the height of her career, Pickford was one of the richest and most

Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born American motion-picture actress who became known as “America’s sweetheart” of the silent screen. She was one of Hollywood’s first film stars, and she was a founder of United Artists Corporation. At the height of her career, Pickford was one of the richest and most

Davidson Black: …was studying comparative anatomy with G. Elliot Smith, who was at that time working on the Piltdown material, Black became deeply interested in the problems of man’s origin. After World War I and until his death, Black served in China as professor of embryology and neurology at the Peking (Beijing)…

explosive: Blasting machines: …blasting machine was invented by H. Julius Smith, an American, in 1878. It comprised a gear-type arrangement of rack bar and pinion that operated an armature to generate electricity. When the rack bar was pushed down rapidly, it revolved the pinion and armature with sufficient speed to obtain the desired…

The Andy Griffith Show: …the town drunk, Otis (Hal Smith), who locks himself in jail after his weekly bender and lets himself out upon sobering up. Taylor’s hapless sidekick is his excitable cousin, Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts), whose overly earnest and misguided tactics typically exacerbate the duo’s problems. Knotts excelled at the…

Hamilton O. Smith is an American microbiologist who shared, with Werner Arber and Daniel Nathans, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1978 for his discovery of a new class of restriction enzymes that recognize specific sequences of nucleotides in a molecule of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Hamilton O. Smith is an American microbiologist who shared, with Werner Arber and Daniel Nathans, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1978 for his discovery of a new class of restriction enzymes that recognize specific sequences of nucleotides in a molecule of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Hannah Whitall Smith was an American evangelist and reformer, a major public speaker and writer in the Holiness movement of the late 19th century. Hannah Whitall grew up in a strict Quaker home and had from childhood a deep concern with religion and a habit of introspection. In 1851 she married

Harry Smith was an American filmmaker, painter, musicologist, ethnographer, collector, and mystic. Smith is best known as the compiler of the Anthology of American Folk Music (1952), which served as a catalyst and influential source for the folk revival of the 1960s. Appreciation also has grown for

Harry Smith was an American filmmaker, painter, musicologist, ethnographer, collector, and mystic. Smith is best known as the compiler of the Anthology of American Folk Music (1952), which served as a catalyst and influential source for the folk revival of the 1960s. Appreciation also has grown for

Hoke Smith was a legislator, U.S. secretary of the interior (1893–96), and progressive figure in Georgia politics. Admitted to the bar in 1873, Smith practiced law in Atlanta and became active in local Democratic politics. He published the Atlanta Journal (1887–1900), which he used as a forum to

Robert F. Smith: Personal life: In 2015, Smith married Hope Dworaczyk, a television personality and former model. The couple has four children together: sons Hendrix and Legend and twin daughters Zuri and Zya. His passion for music inspired the boys’ names, which were chosen to honor Jimi Hendrix and John Legend; Legend performed at…

Smith & Wesson: …first founded in 1852 by Horace Smith (1808–93) and Daniel B. Wesson (1825–1906) in Norwich, Connecticut, to make lever-action Volcanic repeating handguns firing caseless self-consuming bullets. That venture failed, however, and the two men established a second partnership in 1856 in Springfield to produce small “tip-up” revolvers

Horace Smith was an English poet, novelist, and stockbroker who coauthored (with an older brother, James) Rejected Addresses; or, The New Theatrum Poetarum (1812), a collection of parodies of early 19th-century British writers that is considered a classic in the literature of parody. Smith was the

Horace Smith was an English poet, novelist, and stockbroker who coauthored (with an older brother, James) Rejected Addresses; or, The New Theatrum Poetarum (1812), a collection of parodies of early 19th-century British writers that is considered a classic in the literature of parody. Smith was the

blacklisting: Broadcast journalists: …and Shirer, as well as Howard K. Smith and Lisa Sergio. The evidence cited was questionable, largely depending upon the testimony of suspected Communists before congressional committees, or on the speeches, appearances, or organizational memberships of the journalists. For example, chief among Shirer’s offenses was that he signed a petition…

blacklisting: Broadcast journalists: …and Shirer, as well as Howard K. Smith and Lisa Sergio. The evidence cited was questionable, largely depending upon the testimony of suspected Communists before congressional committees, or on the speeches, appearances, or organizational memberships of the journalists. For example, chief among Shirer’s offenses was that he signed a petition…

Huey Smith was an American pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and vocalist, a principal figure in the 1950s rock and roll that became known as the New Orleans sound. Smith contributed vocals and his aggressive boogie-based piano style to the rhythm-and-blues recordings of others before forming his

Huey Smith was an American pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and vocalist, a principal figure in the 1950s rock and roll that became known as the New Orleans sound. Smith contributed vocals and his aggressive boogie-based piano style to the rhythm-and-blues recordings of others before forming his

Ian Smith was the first native-born prime minister of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and an ardent advocate of white rule, who in 1965 declared Rhodesia’s independence and its subsequent withdrawal from the British Commonwealth. Smith attended local schools and entered

Ian Smith was the first native-born prime minister of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and an ardent advocate of white rule, who in 1965 declared Rhodesia’s independence and its subsequent withdrawal from the British Commonwealth. Smith attended local schools and entered

Edgar J. Goodspeed: …Testament and in 1939, with J.M.P. Smith, produced a translation of the entire Bible. Along with eight other scholars, he laboured for 15 years on the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, published in 1946; the same year, he wrote How to Read the Bible, which became a standard guide…

geography: Geography in the United States: …early economic geographers such as J. Russell Smith, who worked in the Department of Geography and Industry at the University of Pennsylvania and published his Industrial and Commercial Geography in 1913. Economic or commercial geography courses were quite common in economics departments at American universities then, but with a shift…

Jack Smith American career prosecutor who in November 2022 was appointed special counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in charge of two ongoing investigations into possible criminal activity by former U.S. president Donald Trump. One investigation was related to Trump’s retention and

Arizona Cardinals: …Dan Dierdorf and tight end Jackie Smith, won 10 games and made the first of two consecutive trips to the playoffs, where they lost each time. The Cardinals returned to the playoffs again during the strike-shortened 1982 season, but a general lack of fan support—combined with the ownership’s desire for…

Farrah Fawcett: …together with Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith, as a sexy private investigator. Though Fawcett left the show to pursue more challenging roles, she had little success until she appeared in a dramatic made-for-TV movie as a victim of domestic abuse (The Burning Bed [1984]) and as a rape survivor in…

Philippine-American War: The guerrilla campaign: Jacob F. Smith, enraged by a massacre of U.S. troops, responded with retaliatory measures of such indiscriminate brutality that he was court-martialed and forced to retire. After the surrender of Filipino Gen. Miguel Malvar in Samar on April 16, 1902, the American civil government regarded…

Jimmy Smith was an American musician who integrated the electric organ into jazz, thereby inventing the soul-jazz idiom, which became popular in the 1950s and ’60s. Smith grew up outside of Philadelphia. He learned to play piano from his parents and began performing with his father in a dance

LL Cool J is an American rapper and actor, a leading exponent of mid-1980s new-school rap and one of the few hip-hop stars of his era to sustain a successful recording career for more than a decade. Taking the stage name LL Cool J (“Ladies Love Cool James”) at age 16, Smith signed with fledgling

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith was a Native American artist whose drawings, paintings, sculptures, and prints build on Modernist vocabularies to explore Native American history, identity, and sociopolitical relationship with the United States. Art critic Jillian Steinhauer wrote in The New York Times in

Ethel Kennedy: Becoming a Kennedy: …and ultimately became roommates with Jean Kennedy, a younger sister of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. In 1945 Skakel, then 17 years old, met Robert Kennedy during a ski trip, but at the time he was seeing her elder sister Patricia Skakel. When that relationship ended, Ethel Skakel…

Jedediah Smith was a trader and explorer who was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it using an overland route. Smith probably made his first trip west while still in his teens. In 1822 he joined a fur-trading expedition to the Rocky Mountains and continued in the

Jedediah Smith was a trader and explorer who was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it using an overland route. Smith probably made his first trip west while still in his teens. In 1822 he joined a fur-trading expedition to the Rocky Mountains and continued in the

Bermuda: History of Bermuda: …1998 elections, and its leader, Jennifer Smith, became Bermuda’s first PLP premier; the party remained in power for the next 14 years. In the 2012 elections the One Bermuda Alliance (OBA)—formed the previous year through the merger of the UBP and another opposition party, the Bermuda Democratic Alliance—won a decisive…

Jessie Willcox Smith was an American artist best remembered for her illustrations, often featuring children, for numerous popular magazines, advertising campaigns, and children’s books. At age 16 Smith entered the School of Design for Women in Philadelphia, and from 1885 to 1888 she studied with

Jimmy Smith was an American musician who integrated the electric organ into jazz, thereby inventing the soul-jazz idiom, which became popular in the 1950s and ’60s. Smith grew up outside of Philadelphia. He learned to play piano from his parents and began performing with his father in a dance

John Smith was an English explorer and early leader of the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Smith played an equally important role as a cartographer and a prolific writer who vividly depicted the natural abundance of the New World, whetting the colonizing

John Smyth was an English religious libertarian and Nonconformist minister, called “the Se-baptist” (self-baptizer), who is generally considered the founder of the organized Baptists of England. He also influenced the Pilgrim Fathers who immigrated to North America in 1620. Most of Smyth’s early

John Smith is an American freestyle wrestler who won six consecutive world championships (1987–92) and won two Olympic gold medals in the featherweight class. Smith, whose three brothers were all accomplished wrestlers, competed at Oklahoma State University, winning the National Collegiate Athletic

Jack Smith American career prosecutor who in November 2022 was appointed special counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in charge of two ongoing investigations into possible criminal activity by former U.S. president Donald Trump. One investigation was related to Trump’s retention and

The Star-Spangled Banner: Origin of the melody: Written by British composer John Stafford Smith—whose identity was discovered only in the 1970s by a librarian in the music division of the Library of Congress—the song was sung to signal a transition between the evening’s orchestral music concert and after-dinner participatory singing. Its original lyrics were written in…

Joseph Smith was an American prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Smith came from an unremarkable New England family. His grandfather, Asael Smith, lost most of his property in Topsfield, Massachusetts, during the economic downturn of the 1780s and eventually

Canaletto: …this point, an early acquaintance, Joseph Smith—publisher, merchant, and later British consul in Venice—stepped into the breach. As standardized views of Venice dropped from demand, Smith seems to have encouraged Canaletto to expand his range of subjects to include Roman monuments and the area of Padua and the Brenta River.…

Joseph F. Smith was an American religious leader, the sixth president (1901–18) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the main Mormon denomination). After his uncle Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and his father, Hyrum Smith, were murdered in Carthage, Ill., in 1844, he and

Joseph F. Smith was an American religious leader, the sixth president (1901–18) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the main Mormon denomination). After his uncle Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and his father, Hyrum Smith, were murdered in Carthage, Ill., in 1844, he and

geologic history of Earth: The pregeologic period: According to the English-born geologist Joseph V. Smith, a minimum of 500 to 1,000 impact basins were formed on Earth within a period of about 100 to 200 million years prior to 3.95 billion years ago. Moreover, plausible calculations suggest that this estimate represents merely the tail end of an…

Joseph Smith, III was an American religious leader, first president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was the son of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. Smith was a boy of 11 when his father was murdered by a mob, and he did not go to Utah with Brigham Young’s

Joseph Smith was an American prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Smith came from an unremarkable New England family. His grandfather, Asael Smith, lost most of his property in Topsfield, Massachusetts, during the economic downturn of the 1780s and eventually

Ina Donna Coolbrith was a popular American poet of moderate talent who nonetheless became a major figure in literary and cultural circles of 19th- and early 20th-century San Francisco. Coolbrith, a niece of Joseph Smith (the founder of Mormonism), was born in the first major Mormon settlement.

Abby Hadassah Smith and Julia Evelina Smith: By 1869 Abby and Julia were the only surviving members of the family. In that year, aroused by inequities in local tax rates, they attended a woman suffrage meeting in Hartford, and in 1873 Abby traveled to New York to attend the first meeting of the Association for the…

Julianne Moore is an American actress known for her exacting and sympathetic portrayals of women at odds with their surroundings, often in films that examined social issues. Moore received accolades for her performances in such movies as Boogie Nights (1997), The Hours (2002), and Still Alice

Kate Smith was an American singer on radio and television, long known as the “first lady of radio.” Smith started singing before audiences as a child, and by age 17 she had decided on a career in show business. She went to New York City in 1926 and landed a role in a Broadway musical, Honeymoon

Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American author who led the kindergarten education movement in the United States. Kate Douglas Smith attended a district school in Philadelphia and for short periods the Gorham Female Seminary in Maine, the Morison Academy in Maryland, and the Abbott Academy in

Kate Smith was an American singer on radio and television, long known as the “first lady of radio.” Smith started singing before audiences as a child, and by age 17 she had decided on a career in show business. She went to New York City in 1926 and landed a role in a Broadway musical, Honeymoon

Louis Prima: Partnership with Keely Smith: …1949 he had hired singer Keely Smith, who became his duet partner for the next decade. Smith’s poker-faced stage persona served as the perfect foil for Prima’s comical boisterousness. Prima and Smith wrote the song “Oh Babe!”, which became a hit in 1950. They married in 1953, which marked Prima’s…

Dawson’s Creek: Plot, characters, and cast: …brother Jack McPhee (played by Kerr Smith), who initially wrestles with his sexuality before admitting that he is gay. In the season three finale, which aired on May 24, 2000, Smith was part of a watershed television moment, as his character shares a romantic kiss with his love interest, Ethan…

Ben Affleck: Early life and career: …Dazed and Confused (1993) and Kevin Smith’s Mallrats (1995). Smith was impressed by Affleck and cast him as the lead in his next film, Chasing Amy (1997).

Kiki Smith is a German-born American sculptor, installation artist, and printmaker whose intense and expressionistic work investigates the body and bodily processes. The daughter of the American actress and opera singer Jane Lawrence and the American architect and sculptor Tony Smith, she was born

Kirk Franklin is an American gospel singer, musician, and choir leader who became a huge commercial and critical success in contemporary Christian music in the 1990s and had tremendous crossover appeal in secular music. As a solo artist and as the leader of the choir groups the Family and the One

Patrick Leahy: Lamar Smith, he cowrote the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (2011), which was called the most significant reform of U.S. patent law in the modern era; it established priority for inventions by filing date rather than by first demonstration. In addition, Leahy propounded legislation that protected…

Lee Smith is an American author of fiction about her native southeastern United States. Smith was educated at Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia (B.A., 1967), and the Sorbonne in Paris; she taught at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. Her first novel, The Last Day

Carson McCullers was an American writer of novels and stories that depict the inner lives of lonely people. At age 17 Lula Carson Smith, whose father was a modestly successful jeweler in Columbus, Georgia, went to New York City to study at Columbia and New York universities, and in 1937 she married

Maggie Smith was an English stage and motion-picture actress noted for her poignancy and wit in comic roles. Smith studied acting at the Oxford Playhouse School and began appearing in revues in Oxford in 1952 and London in 1955. She first achieved recognition in the Broadway revue New Faces of 1956

blues: History and notable musicians: …by Black women, beginning with Mamie Smith. Her version of American composer and pianist Perry Bradford’s “Crazy Blues” in 1920 was so successful that the General Phonograph Company’s OKeh label launched a series called “Original Race Records.” It was advertised exclusively to African Americans in Black-owned newspapers. Other white-owned record…

slam poetry: Origins: …local poet and construction worker, Marc Kelly Smith, feeling that poetry readings and poetry in general had lost their true passion, had an idea to bring poetry back to the people.

slam poetry: Origins: …local poet and construction worker, Marc Kelly Smith, feeling that poetry readings and poetry in general had lost their true passion, had an idea to bring poetry back to the people.

Margaret Court is an Australian tennis player who dominated women’s competition in the 1960s. She won 66 Grand Slam championships, more than any other woman, and in 1970 became the second woman (after Maureen Connolly in 1953) to win the Grand Slam of tennis singles: Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the

Margaret Chase Smith was an American popular and influential public official who became the first woman to serve in both U.S. houses of Congress. Margaret Chase attended high school in her native Skowhegan, Maine, graduating in 1916. She then taught school briefly, held a series of other jobs, and

Margaret Taylor was an American first lady (1849–50) and the wife of Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States. Margaret Smith was the daughter of wealthy plantation owners Ann Mackall and Walter Smith. Although details of her childhood are hazy, it is known that she was educated at home.

Sir Matthew Smith was an English painter of colorful still lifes, flowers, portraits and nudes, and landscapes of Cornwall, England, and the south of France. He is known for his use of bold colors in his compositions, and for that he is typically associated with Fauvism. In his teens Smith was

ethics: Moral realism: …Problem (1994) and subsequent essays, Smith argued that, among the desires that would be retained under idealized conditions, those that deserve the label “moral” must express the values of equal concern and respect for others. Railton, in Facts, Values and Norms: Essays Toward a Morality of Consequence (2003), added that…

Michael Smith was a British-born Canadian biochemist who in the 1970s conceived and developed a method by which sequences of DNA can be edited by a technique known as site-directed mutagenesis. The approach was revolutionary because it enabled researchers to introduce specific mutations into genes

sports: On-field violence: …of violence, sociologists such as Michael Smith have developed a sports-violence typology in which “brutal body contact” is seen as integral to some sports. This contact conforms to the rules of the sport and is completely legitimate even when the same sort of behaviour outside the sports context is defined…

Challenger disaster: …commander Francis (Dick) Scobee, pilot Michael Smith, mission specialists Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, and Ronald McNair, and Hughes Aircraft engineer Gregory Jarvis.

Michelle Smith is an Irish swimmer and lawyer who won four medals at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games to become the most successful Olympian in Ireland and the country’s first woman to capture a gold medal. Smith began swimming competitively at age 13. Though she developed into one of Ireland’s

Olivia Manning was a British journalist and novelist, noted for her ambitious attempt to portray the panorama of modern history in a fictional framework. Manning, the daughter of a naval officer, produced her first novel, The Wind Changes, in 1937. Two years later she married Reginald Donald Smith,

Alice Cooper: …1946, Cottage Grove, Oregon), and Neal Smith (b. September 23, 1947, Akron).

idealism: Types of philosophical idealism: …of which the Kantian scholar Norman Kemp Smith’s Prolegomena to an Idealist Theory of Knowledge (1924) is an excellent example, covers all idealistic theories of epistemology, or knowledge.

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir: Crossing into North Korea: Oliver P. [“O.P.”] Smith), the 7th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. David G. Barr), and the 3rd Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Robert H. Soule). The corps also had control of the Capital and 3rd divisions of the South Korean I Corps, which was already crossing the…

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir: Crossing into North Korea: Oliver P. [“O.P.”] Smith), the 7th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. David G. Barr), and the 3rd Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Robert H. Soule). The corps also had control of the Capital and 3rd divisions of the South Korean I Corps, which was already crossing the…

baseball: Integration: Later Reggie Jackson, Ozzie Smith, and Barry Bonds were definitive players of their respective eras. In 1962 Robinson became the first Black player inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame. In the 1970s, membership in the Hall was opened to the bygone stars of the Negro leagues.

African American literature: Drama and poetry: …Young, Clint Smith, Ross Gay, Patricia Smith, and Hanif Abdurraqib were among those who produced stunning collections that explore universal themes such as grief, family, and love, along with searingly intimate meditations on topics including racial microaggressions, gender identity, and police violence.

Patti Smith is an American poet, songwriter, singer, and visual artist who blazed a trail for punk rock artists, especially women, in the 1970s. With her androgynous appearance, intense live performances, and penchant for writing lyrics that often blend poetry with subversive themes, Smith earned

Patti Smith is an American poet, songwriter, singer, and visual artist who blazed a trail for punk rock artists, especially women, in the 1970s. With her androgynous appearance, intense live performances, and penchant for writing lyrics that often blend poetry with subversive themes, Smith earned

South African literature: In English: …novel Turbott Wolfe (1925), and Pauline Smith, whose stories in The Little Karoo (1925) dealt sympathetically with rural Afrikaners. Laurens van der Post, in his novel In a Province (1934), dealt with the African-coming-to-town theme.

boogie-woogie: of boogie-woogie were Jimmy Yancey, Pinetop Smith, who is generally credited with inventing the term itself, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, and Meade “Lux” Lewis.

Preserved Smith was an American historian noted for his scholarly works on the Protestant Reformation. The son of a prominent Presbyterian clergyman, Smith earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University (1907). He was subsequently a fellow in history at Amherst College (Amherst, Mass.) until 1914. He

Los Angeles Clippers: …the standout play of guard-forward Randy Smith and future Hall of Fame center-forward Bob McAdoo. The Braves were part of an unusual franchise swap in 1978, when the owner of the Boston Celtics, Irv Levin, a Californian, wanted to move the Celtics to his home state but was prevented by…

Red Smith was an American sports columnist whose literary craftsmanship, humorous and iconoclastic approach, and deep knowledge of sports made him one of the United States’ most popular sportswriters. His columns were literate, and he shunned the jargon of the genre. His popularity persisted

Guillermo del Toro: Early life and influences: … from legendary film makeup artist Dick Smith and spent much of the 1980s working as a special-effects makeup artist, cofounding Necropia, a special-effects company.