FRANKLIN — FRANKLIN, English family active in communal, public, and economic life. BENJAMIN WOLF FRANKLIN (1740–1785), a teacher of Hebrew, went to England from Breslau about 1763. His youngest son, ABRAHAM (1784–1854), after spending his early life in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Arthur Amos Noyes — Born 13 September 1866(1866 09 13) Newburyport, Massachusetts … Wikipedia
Franklin D. Roosevelt — Infobox President name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt order=32nd President of the United States term start= March 4, 1933 term end= April 12, 1945 predecessor= Herbert Hoover successor= Harry S. Truman order2=44th Governor of New York term start2=… … Wikipedia
Ellis F. Lawrence — Infobox Architect caption = name = Ellis F. Lawrence nationality = American birth date = birth date|1879|11|13|mf=y birth place = Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. death date = death date and age|1946|02|27|1879|11|13|mf=y death place = Portland,… … Wikipedia
Rosalind Franklin — Infobox Scientist name = Rosalind Franklin image size = 125px caption = Rosalind Franklin birth date = 25 July 1920 birth place = Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom nationality = UK citizen death date = 16 April 1958 (age 37) death place =… … Wikipedia
Colin Franklin (writer and bibliographer) — Colin Ellis Franklin, MA, FSA (born 8 October 1923) is an English writer, bibliographer, book collector and antiquarian bookseller. Franklin was born in Notting Hill, London into an affluent and influential British Jewish family. His father was… … Wikipedia
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List of literary awards — This is a list of literary awards from around the world:Worldwide in scope*Nobel Prize in Literature *Neustadt International Prize for Literature *Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children s and youth literature. *Franz Kafka Prize *The… … Wikipedia
2008 New Year Honours — The New Year Honours 2008 for the Commonwealth Realms were announced on 29 December 2007,[1] to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2008. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour,… … Wikipedia
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS — Due to the partial prohibition of plastic arts (see art ), Jews found an outlet for their artistic abilities in the synagogue and in producing ceremonial objects. The high regard in which the fashioners of religious art were held is evident from… … Encyclopedia of Judaism