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Stead, Christina Ellen

From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
1902-83 Australian novelist She was born in Rockdale, Sydney, the daughter of David George Stead, a leading English naturalist and writer. She trained as a teacher, but in 1928 left Australia for Europe, where she lived in London and Paris, working as a secretary in a Paris bank (1930-35). She went to live in Spain but left at the outbreak of war and settled in the USA, becoming a senior writer for MGM in Hollywood (1943). Her first novel to gain recognition was Seven Poor Men of Sydney (1934), notable for its interweaving of dissimilar but casually connected lives. House of All Nations (1938) took a critical look at the world of big finance, and her autobiographical novel, The Man Who Loved Children (1940), described suffocating family life under an egotistical father. Many of her short stories appeared in The New Yorker . She left the USA in 1947 and settled in England, but finally returned to her homeland in 1974, in which year she was the first winner of the Patrick White Literary…
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Full text Article STEAD, CHRISTINA ELLEN (1902–1983)

From Historical Dictionary of Australia
Expatriate novelist, Stead was born in Sydney and educated at the University of Sydney. She worked as a teacher and in other jobs until she left Australia for Great Britain in 1928. Thereafter, she lived mainly in the United States and Europe. A cosmopolitan rather than a national author, Stead…
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Full text Article IMAGINATION

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment. AUSTEN, Jane Pride and Prejudice (1813). Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly. BACALL, Lauren Lauren Bacall, By Myself . …
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Full text Article Stead, Christina (Ellen)

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born July 17, 1902, Rockdale, Sydney, Austl.—died March 31, 1983, Sydney) Australian novelist. She traveled widely and at various times lived in London, Paris, and the U.S., where in the early 1940s she worked as a screenwriter for MGM. She returned to Australia in 1974. Her first published work…
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Full text Article BUCHAN, EARL OF (Erskine) (Earl S 1469)

From Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008
BUCHAN, EARL OF (Erskine) (Earl S 1469)
MALCOLM HARRY ERSKINE , 17th Earl; b 4 July 1930; s 1984; ed Eton; Past Chm The Dogs’ Home, Battersea, and Member Rare Breeds Survival Trust: m 1957, Hilary Diana Cecil, da of late Sir Ivan McLannahan Power, 2nd Bt, and has issue. Arms — Quarterly of four; 1st azure, a barrulet en crancelin of four…
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From Chambers Dictionary of Great Quotations
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For King and country; Heaven at last
ALEXANDER ROBERT LESLIE MELVILLE , 14th Earl of Leven and 13th Earl of Melville; b 13 May 1924; s 1947; ed Eton; Capt (ret) Coldstream Gds, served NW Europe (wounded), ADC to Gov-Gen of NZ 1951–52; DL Nairn 1961, Lord-Lieut 1969–99; Chm Nairn CC 1970–74; Chm of Governors Gordonstoun Sch 1971–89; …
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Full text Article Chronology

From Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature
No chronology can cover every moment of history. What follows is a chronology of key moments in postcolonial history but also of texts and authors that engage, at some level, with postcolonial issues. The intention is to suggest ways in which the political and the textual inform the shifting…
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Full text Article QUESTION

From Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician “I checked it very thoroughly,” said the computer, “and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.” The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy…
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From Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters
Where a character appears in a long series of works (as indicated by'et seq' at the character's entry) only the first work of the series isgiven in the Index. Where a character appears in a number of works(but not a series), the works are listed individually both at thecharacter's entry and in the…
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Full text Article DISCOVERY

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English theoretical chemist Many chemists, physicists, and artisans have contributed to the discovery of the regions of the kingdom [periodic table]. Some have stumbled on a new element unexpectedly; others have planned their journeys of exploration, in the expectation of discovering an element…
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