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EliotSoftware that animates an algorithm written in C. Developed at the University of Helsinki and running under Unix, a Java version (Jeliot) was later developed. See Jeliot. Eliot 1. George, real name Mary Ann Evans. 1819--80, English novelist, noted for her analysis of provincial Victorian society. Her best-known novels include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), and Middlemarch (1872) 2. Sir John. 1592--1632, English statesman, a leader of parliamentary opposition to Charles I 3. T(homas) S(tearns). 1888--1965, British poet, dramatist, and critic, born in the US His poetry includes Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), The Waste Land (1922), Ash Wednesday (1930), and Four Quartets (1943). Among his verse plays are Murder in the Cathedral (1935), The Family Reunion (1939), The Cocktail Party (1950), and The Confidential Clerk (1954): Nobel prize for literature 1948 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Now, Eliot was full of love for them; and therefore so full of faith and hope that he spent the labor of a lifetime in their behalf. The life and character I have found portrayed there have appealed always to the consciousness of right and wrong implanted in me; and from no one has this appeal been stronger than from George Eliot. George Eliot, 1819-
Rossetti, 1828-82. |
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