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Shaw 1. Artie, original name Arthur Arshawsky. born 1910, US jazz clarinetist, band leader, and composer 2. George Bernard, often known as GBS. 1856--1950, Irish dramatist and critic, in England from 1876. He was an active socialist and became a member of the Fabian Society but his major works are effective as satiric attacks rather than political tracts. These include Arms and the Man (1894), Candida (1894), Man and Superman (1903), Major Barbara (1905), Pygmalion (1913), Back to Methuselah (1921), and St. Joan (1923): Nobel prize for literature 1925 3. Richard Norman. 1831--1912, English architect 4. Thomas Edward. the name assumed by (T. E.) Lawrence after 1927 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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| Then William Shaw said: 'I should like to look like that--a little while. Early in the year 1897 I received a letter inviting me to deliver an address at the dedication of the Robert Gould Shaw monument in Boston. All lived to be grandmothers and fathers; and I 'm the last, seventy, next birthday, my dear, and not worn out yet; though daughter Shaw is an invalid at forty. |
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