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0bed1161078e94b1ebbf78257217b626 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spencer-Dryden | Spencer Dryden | Spencer Dryden
), Spencer Dryden (b. April 7, 1938, New York, New York, U.S.—d. January 10, 2005, Penngrove, California), Papa John Creach (b. May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, U.S.—d. February 22, 1994, Los Angeles, California), David Freiberg (b. August 24, 1938, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), Craig Chaquico (... |
d07378c9e0e0a79c05877084217b3025 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spencer-Fullerton-Baird | Spencer Fullerton Baird | Spencer Fullerton Baird
Spencer Fullerton Baird, (born Feb. 3, 1823, Reading, Pa., U.S.—died Aug. 19, 1887, Woods Hole, Mass.), American naturalist, vertebrate zoologist, and in his time the leading authority on North American birds and mammals.
A meeting in 1838 with John J. Audubon, who gave Baird part of his own c... |
91ddcab47c5a75370264ee6128c78cbb | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spiro-Agnew | Spiro Agnew | Spiro Agnew
Spiro Agnew, in full Spiro Theodore Agnew, also called Spiro T. Agnew, (born November 9, 1918, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died September 17, 1996, Berlin, Maryland), 39th vice president of the United States (1969–73) in the Republican administration of President Richard M. Nixon. He was the second person to... |
aad4c182bf0487788316c3de1c56d456 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spotted-Tail | Spotted Tail | Spotted Tail
Spotted Tail, also called Sinte-galeshka, (born c. 1833, Ft. Laramie [Wyoming], U.S.—died Aug. 5, 1881, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota), chief of the Brule Teton Indians and, briefly, the Oglala Sioux who sought compromise and accommodation with the invading whites.
Spotted Tail was not a member of a ... |
60f11f389f2a6906c72e04112ae98393 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spyridon-Louis | Spyridon Louis | Spyridon Louis
Spyridon Louis, Spyridon also spelled Spiridon, Louis also spelled Loues, (born January 12, 1873, Marousi [now Amaroúsion], Greece—died March 26, 1940), Greek runner who won the gold medal in the first modern Olympic marathon in Athens in 1896, becoming a national hero in the process.
Although no race i... |
7d50929ae6bed0f2e812504b823ba5ca | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sri-Indraditya | Sri Indraditya | Sri Indraditya
Sri Indraditya, also called Sri Indrapatindraditya, original name Bang Klang Hao, Hao also spelled Thao, (flourished c. 1240–60), founder and ruler of the kingdom of Sukhothai, the first independent Tai (Thai) state.
Bang Klang Hao headed a petty Tai principality near Sukhothai when, about 1245, he join... |
2e617a33d79e722602f917f74e138725 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Srichand | Srichand | Srichand
…“Detached Ones”) monastic followers of Srichand (1494–1612?), the elder son of Nanak (1469–1539), the first Guru and the founder of Sikhism. The authoritative text of the Udasi movement is the Matra (“Discipline”), a hymn of 78 verses attributed to Srichand. The Matra emphasizes the need for spiritual elevat... |
cd84a1e968ee1d682ebbfc35d7d665bf | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sriharsha | Śrīharsha | Śrīharsha
Śrīharsha, (flourished 12th century), Indian author and epic poet whose Naiadhīyacarita, or Naiadha, is among the most popular mahākāvyas in Sanskrit literature.
The details of Śrīharsha’s life are uncertain. Reportedly, when Śrīharsha’s father, a poet in King Vijayacanra’s court in Kannauj, was disgraced in... |
6d293541bfccc75e49f82ba081d65340 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Srinatha | Śrīnātha | Śrīnātha
Śrīnātha was a 15th-century poet honoured in many courts for his scholarship, poetry, and polemics. He rendered Sanskrit poems and wrote Haravilāsam (Four Śaiva Tales); Krīḍābhirāmam, a charming, often vulgar account of social life in Warangal; and Palanāṭi Vīra Caritra, a popular ballad on a…
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ad57ea4b9ccb5ad45a1ed61331b9831e | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Srong-brtsan-sgam-po | Srong-brtsan-sgam-po | Srong-brtsan-sgam-po
Srong-brtsan-sgam-po, also spelled Srong-btsan-sgam-po, (born c. 617, Rgya ma, Tibet—died 650), Tibetan king (crowned 629) who extended his dominion to include Nepal and parts of India and China and whose reign marked the beginning of recorded history in Tibet. He commissioned a court scholar to c... |
884c1b93c9ac142bbc03135c031e022b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/St-Ignatius-of-Loyola/Ordination | Ordination of St. Ignatius of Loyola | Ordination of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Early in 1535, before the completion of his theological studies, Ignatius left Paris for reasons of health. He spent more than six months in Spain and then went to Bologna and Venice where he studied privately. On January 8, 1537, his Parisian companions joined him in Venice. All we... |
d639b906140443845c94063e23016fb1 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/St-James-the-Less | St. James the Less | St. James the Less
St. James the Less, also called James, son of Alphaeus, or James the Younger, (flourished 1st century ce; Western feast day May 3; Eastern feast day October 9), one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.
James may be he whose mother, Mary (not the mother of Jesus), is mentioned among the women at Jesus’ c... |
b76e539ca52e507301be351117f21cc3 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stafford-Cripps | Sir Stafford Cripps | Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford Cripps, in full Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, (born April 24, 1889, London, England—died April 21, 1952, Zürich, Switzerland), British statesman chiefly remembered for his rigid austerity program as chancellor of the exchequer (1947–50).
Academically brilliant at Winchester and at Unive... |
2667abf16824804e8dc1be34e7895de1 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stan-Lee | Stan Lee | Stan Lee
Stan Lee, original name Stanley Martin Lieber, (born December 28, 1922, New York, New York, U.S.—died November 12, 2018, Los Angeles, California), American comic book writer best known for his work with Marvel Comics. Among the hundreds of characters and teams that he helped to create were the Fantastic Four,... |
28c8d140a62ef9ded3aedded826c0288 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislaus-Hosius | Stanislaus Hosius | Stanislaus Hosius
Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Stanisław Hozjusz, (born May 5, 1504, Kraków, Pol.—died Aug. 5, 1579, Capranica, Papal States [Italy]), Polish cardinal, one of the most significant figures of the Counter-Reformation.
Consecrated bishop of Chełmno, Pol., in 1549, he was transferred to East Prussia (1551), ... |
e3d9509863940e1b67ca00f93aa6e33a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislaw-Konarski | Stanisław Konarski | Stanisław Konarski
Stanisław Konarski, (born Sept. 30, 1700, Zarczyce, near Kielce, Pol.—died Aug. 3, 1773, Warsaw), Roman Catholic priest and political writer, who influenced the reform of education in Poland.
After entering the Order of the Piarist Fathers in 1715, Konarski studied at the Collegium Nazarenum in Rom... |
b41fc5fb66bffe99b7833211b87d14f6 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislaw-Malachowski | Stanisław Małachowski | Stanisław Małachowski
Stanisław Małachowski, (born Aug. 24, 1736, Końskie, Pol.—died Dec. 29, 1809, Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw [now in Poland]), Polish statesman who presided over Poland’s historic Four Years’ Sejm, a constituent Diet that met in 1788–92.
The son of Jan Małachowski, the royal grand chancellor, Małachows... |
1c91a087c955a0e37bbaab6732c71fb2 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislaw-Ulam | Stanislaw Ulam | Stanislaw Ulam
Stanislaw Ulam, in full Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, (born April 13, 1909, Lemberg, Poland, Austrian Empire [now Lviv, Ukraine]—died May 13, 1984, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.), Polish-born American mathematician who played a major role in the development of the hydrogen bomb at Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.
Ula... |
e97ebb795302ab4a7cd359d6194488b6 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanislaw-Zolkiewski | Stanisław Żółkiewski | Stanisław Żółkiewski
…Klushino in 1610 by Hetman Stanisław Zółkiewski resulted in a Polish occupation of Moscow and the election by Moscow’s boyars of Sigismund’s son Władysław as tsar. Sigismund’s veto wasted this opportunity and instead left a residue of Russian hatred of Poland.
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7e4a569a210ffaecd61e4ff5c9f13c02 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-Ketchel | Stanley Ketchel | Stanley Ketchel
Stanley Ketchel, original name Stanislaus Kiecal, byname Michigan Assassin, (born September 14, 1886, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.—died October 15, 1910, Conway, Missouri), American professional boxer, considered by some boxing historians to be the greatest fighter in the history of the middleweight di... |
8cd2be6de950ad693d50aa36dc7947ed | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-Morison | Stanley Morison | Stanley Morison
Stanley Morison, (born May 6, 1889, Wanstead, Essex, England—died October 11, 1967, London), English typographer, scholar, and historian of printing, particularly remembered for his design of Times New Roman, later called the most successful new typeface of the first half of the 20th century.
Following... |
46a35ae5feea816d64c5e3745c2eac2a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stefan-George | Stefan George | Stefan George
Stefan George, (born July 12, 1868, Büdesheim, near Bingen, Hesse [Germany]—died Dec. 4, 1933, Minusio, near Locarno, Switz.), lyric poet responsible in part for the emergence of Aestheticism in German poetry at the close of the 19th century.
After attending a Gymnasium in Darmstadt, George traveled to ... |
359a7e871d78f5a90a1de60ae8b61c95 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stefan-Lochner | Stefan Lochner | Stefan Lochner
Stefan Lochner, (born c. 1410, Meersburg am Bodensee, Bishopric of Constance—died 1451, Cologne), late Gothic painter, considered to be the greatest representative of the school of Cologne. He is known primarily for his highly mystical religious paintings.
Little is known of his early life, but he is t... |
e9af49428dd5e609bbdc658ea50b1677 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stefan-Nemanja | Stefan Nemanja | Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja, (born c. 1113—died c. 1200), founder of the Serbian state and the Nemanjić dynasty.
Nemanja became grand župan (clan leader) of Raška under Byzantine suzerainty in 1169. He subsequently sided with the Venetians and was eventually defeated by the avenging Byzantines, but he was pardoned. ... |
f7871a7ee65c53572ba9714b7e879e2c | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stefan-Zeromski | Stefan Żeromski | Stefan Żeromski
Stefan Żeromski, (born October 14, 1864, Strawczyn, Poland, Russian Empire [now in Poland]—died November 20, 1925, Warsaw, Poland), Polish novelist admired for the deep compassion about social problems that he expressed in naturalistic, yet lyrical, novels.
Belonging to a family of impoverished gentry,... |
a2db19b9130ebcf19c9708556886499d | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steingrimur-Bjarnason-Thorsteinsson | Steingrímur Thorsteinsson | Steingrímur Thorsteinsson
Steingrímur Thorsteinsson, (born May 19, 1831, Snaefellsnes, Iceland—died August 21, 1913, Reykjavík), Icelandic patriotic poet and lyricist, best remembered as a translator of many important works into Icelandic.
Thorsteinsson studied classical philology at the University of Copenhagen but, ... |
e98cc0ee8e9257c1a689aa5a3724149b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stendhal-French-author/Works | Works of Stendhal | Works of Stendhal
During Stendhal’s lifetime, his reputation was largely based on his books dealing with the arts and with tourism (a term he helped introduce in France), and on his political writings and conversational wit. His unconventional views, his hedonistic inclinations tempered by a capacity for moral and poli... |
acfc6b84102e752bd5a2f1459dd4b0c5 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stenka-Razin | Stenka Razin | Stenka Razin
Stenka Razin, byname of Stepan Timofeyevich Razin, (born c. 1630, Zimoveyskaya-na-Donu, Russia—died June 16 [June 6, Old Style], 1671, Moscow), leader of a major Cossack and peasant rebellion on Russia’s southeastern frontier (1670–71).
Born into a well-to-do Don Cossack family, Stenka Razin grew up amid... |
72474e8a745e24e7c0af434ff8300dcf | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steny-Hoyer | Steny Hoyer | Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer, in full Steny Hamilton Hoyer, (born June 14, 1939, New York City, New York, U.S.), American Democratic politician, a representative from Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives (1981– ), where he served as majority leader (2007–11; 2019– ) and minority whip (2011–19). In 2007 he became t... |
b9477a6993681e0159d4106ba4928b99 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephan-G-Stephansson | Stephan G. Stephansson | Stephan G. Stephansson
Stephan G. Stephansson, in full Stephan Gudmundarson Stephansson, (born Oct. 3, 1853, Kirkjuhóll, Skagafjördur, Ice.—died Aug. 10, 1927, Markerville, Alta., Can.), Icelandic-born poet who wrote virtually all his poems in North America.
The son of an impoverished farmer, brought up on the Bible ... |
5029bee3098ee5b94aced38a458a2328 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephane-Charbonnier | Stéphane Charbonnier | Stéphane Charbonnier
…to protect Charlie Hebdo editor Stéphane (“Charb”) Charbonnier, was shot before he had the chance to draw his weapon. The attackers then asked for Charbonnier and four other cartoonists—Jean (“Cabu”) Cabut, Georges (“Wolin”) Wolinski, Bernard (“Tignous”) Verlhac, and Philippe (“Honoré”) Honoré—by ... |
163d8ffc0e2db9ebdcffe56f694a1348 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephane-Dion | Stéphane Dion | Stéphane Dion
Stéphane Dion, (born September 28, 1955, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada), Canadian politician who was leader of the Liberal Party (2007–08).
Dion was the son of one of the cofounders of Laval University’s political science department. He grew up during a period known as “the Quiet Revolution,” when Quebec’s... |
7a7c76133be5e8fd4ee51406e2f532d8 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephane-Mallarme | Stéphane Mallarmé | Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé, (born March 18, 1842, Paris—died Sept. 9, 1898, Valvins, near Fontainebleau, Fr.), French poet, an originator (with Paul Verlaine) and a leader of the Symbolist movement in poetry.
Mallarmé enjoyed the sheltered security of family life for only five brief years, until the early dea... |
d3792b32b7454a78f3940ebf4407d813 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-count-of-Blois | Stephen | Stephen
…William II of England) and Stephen of Blois (the son-in-law of William the Conqueror). No king took part in the First Crusade, and the predominantly French-speaking participants came to be known by the Muslims as Franks.
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6cfc94a0135a01c1da7122bc11c3719f | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Curry | Stephen Curry | Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry, in full Wardell Stephen Curry II, byname Steph, (born March 14, 1988, Akron, Ohio, U.S.), American professional basketball player who led the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to championships in 2014–15, 2016–17, and 2017–18 and to the best regular-season ... |
456197e67919d2d40b5374025004964c | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-D-Bechtel | Stephen D. Bechtel | Stephen D. Bechtel
Stephen D. Bechtel, in full Stephen Davison Bechtel, (born September 24, 1900, Aurora, Indiana, U.S.—died March 14, 1989, San Francisco, California), American construction engineer and business executive, president (1936–60) of W.A. Bechtel Company and its successor, Bechtel Corp., one of the world’... |
439c00854ea877925fe047afc21166dc | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Fairbairn | Stephen Fairbairn | Stephen Fairbairn
Stephen Fairbairn, (born Aug. 25, 1862, Melbourne—died May 16, 1938, London), British oarsman, coach, and writer who enjoyed great success at Cambridge University.
After attending Wesley College in Australia, Fairbairn continued his education and first achieved rowing prominence at Jesus College, Ca... |
ff808ea8eeb91ceb1866fbf2ea65aa48 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Frank | Stephen Frank | Stephen Frank
…from an incident in which Stephen Frank, a frontiersman, was killed (1780) in an Indian skirmish at a local fording place on the river. Twice during Frankfort’s early history the capitol building was burned, and at both times the larger cities of Louisville and Lexington attempted to usurp the seat…
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6886b65ecca539d2d16b3afc8c1d4a74 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Hales | Stephen Hales | Stephen Hales
Stephen Hales, (born Sept. 7/17, 1677, Bekesbourne, Kent, Eng.—died Jan. 4, 1761, Teddington, near London), English botanist, physiologist, and clergyman who pioneered quantitative experimentation in plant and animal physiology.
While a divinity student at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he studied s... |
cf38d4968f4e7109ed7db3d67323726c | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Hopkins | Stephen Hopkins | Stephen Hopkins
…it thoroughly; in Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins, who was governor nine times, was disowned because he would not free his one slave.
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0e8ed31c99f80082d622d3124bb978d7 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-II-Nemanja | Stephen II Nemanja | Stephen II Nemanja
…in favour of his son Stefan (known as Prvovenčani, the “First-Crowned”), who in 1217 secured from Pope Honorius III the title of “king of Serbia, Dalmatia, and Bosnia.” Under the Nemanjić dynasty, which was to rule the Serb lands for the next 200 years, a powerful state emerged to dominate…
…brother... |
8dea951ceab50eb7adec6395ccbd1f71 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-II-or-III | Stephen II (or III) | Stephen II (or III)
Stephen II (or III), (born, Rome—died April 26, 757, Rome), pope from 752 to 757. He severed ties with the Byzantine Empire and thus became the first temporal sovereign of the newly founded Papal States.
He was a deacon when chosen on March 26, 752, as the second successor to Pope St. Zacharias (th... |
3a5835c1529b562f03d2ad4aa166c550 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-J-Field | Stephen J. Field | Stephen J. Field
Stephen J. Field, in full Stephen Johnson Field, (born November 4, 1816, Haddam, Connecticut, U.S.—died April 9, 1899, Washington, D.C.), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and chief architect of the constitutional approach that largely exempted the rapidly expanding industry of the United St... |
7ecb744e8bdbae52d3727499269c3546 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-James-OMeara | Stephen James O’Meara | Stephen James O’Meara
…Department, under the leadership of Stephen James O’Meara (1906–18), came closest to implementing that administrative ideal. O’Meara was a strong chief executive who used the power of his office to create a high standard of integrity and legality in his department. As a result of his example, the... |
b3b84b90e4a2f38a92ce5b18fa441f41 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Langton | Stephen Langton | Stephen Langton
Stephen Langton, (died July 9, 1228, Slindon, Sussex, Eng.), English cardinal whose appointment as archbishop of Canterbury precipitated King John’s quarrel with Pope Innocent III and played an important part in the Magna Carta crisis.
Langton, son of a lord of a manor in Lincolnshire, became early in ... |
6ddb9272fe0945f7a27fcc6b31979a19 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-M-Shortell | Stephen M. Shortell | Stephen M. Shortell
Stephen M. Shortell, (born November 9, 1944, New London, Wisconsin, U.S.), American scholar and leader in the study of health services delivery systems in the United States.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in business administration (1966) from the University of Notre Dame, Shortell completed a... |
37b1a2a24919cdcfa4e5e16b728d11de | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-of-Bourbon | Stephen of Bourbon | Stephen of Bourbon
…by the 13th-century French Dominican Stephen of Bourbon, who dated Joan’s election c. 1100. In this account the nameless pontiff was a clever scribe who became a papal notary and later was elected pope; pregnant at the time of her election, she gave birth during the procession to the Lateran,…
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7d97ca7474afe7f01903df325d2201ad | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-of-Garland | Stephen of Garland | Stephen of Garland
In a notorious case, Stephen of Garland tried to claim the seneschalsy as his property and for a time even held three offices at once; but this abuse was soon remedied and taught caution to Louis VI and his successors. The chancellor drafted the king’s decrees and privileges with…
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91b70d3f80f605a3e619dde8be6425b4 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Return-Riggs | Stephen Return Riggs | Stephen Return Riggs
He edited two works by Stephen Return Riggs, A Dakota-English Dictionary (1890) and Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography (1893), both of which have remained classics in their field.
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dcb4e0bbf91133d732a36c0a8747c1c9 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, in full Stephen Joshua Sondheim, (born March 22, 1930, New York City, New York, U.S.), American composer and lyricist whose brilliance in matching words and music in dramatic situations broke new ground for Broadway musical theatre.
Precocious as a child, Sondheim showed an early mus... |
4a3fb88a69fd10abd992cd5e2a696e90 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-V-or-VI | Stephen V (or VI) | Stephen V (or VI)
Stephen V (or VI), (born, Rome—died Sept. 14, 891, Rome), pope from 885 to 891 whose pontificate witnessed the disintegration of the Carolingian Empire and intermittent struggles for the Italian crown.
Of noble birth, he was created cardinal by Pope Marinus I and was elected on May 17, 885, to succe... |
a39e016ca00031b647e820e7967f2274 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-VI-or-VII | Stephen VI (or VII) | Stephen VI (or VII)
Stephen VI (or VII), (born, Rome—died July/August 897, Rome), pope from May 896 to August 897.
The era in which he was elected as the successor to Pope Boniface VI was torn by factions led by Roman aristocrats and by rulers of Naples, Benevento, Tuscany, and Spoleto (of whose ruling family Stephen... |
a8f79fcfe250b362d9402e5405c0353a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-VII-or-VIII | Stephen VII (or VIII) | Stephen VII (or VIII)
Stephen VII (or VIII), (born, Rome—died February 931, Rome), pope from 928 to 931. As cardinal priest of St. Anastasia, Rome, he was active in the administration of the Roman Church before his consecration in December 928 as Pope Leo VI’s successor. His election was probably influenced by Marozi... |
3ed5d245fa27c39eaf76b900f04de5ae | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Vincent-Benet | Stephen Vincent Benét | Stephen Vincent Benét
Stephen Vincent Benét, (born July 22, 1898, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 13, 1943, New York, New York), American poet, novelist, and writer of short stories, best known for John Brown’s Body, a long narrative poem on the American Civil War.
Born into a military family with literary in... |
671cd122cd1fd119d3dd076942fa74cb | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sterling-Holloway | Sterling Holloway | Sterling Holloway
…the dangerous snake Kaa (Sterling Holloway), and King Louie of the Apes (Louis Prima). Although Mowgli has resisted leaving the jungle, he changes his mind after meeting a young girl and departs to live among his own kind.
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dba8b62c025c05dcc20dd43a8b6949fc | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Biko | Steve Biko | Steve Biko
Steve Biko, in full Bantu Stephen Biko, (born December 18, 1946, King William’s Town, South Africa—died September 12, 1977, Pretoria), founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. His death from injuries suffered while in police custody made him an international martyr for South African Blac... |
45b745bb1f30b09dcd6a5aa2eca313b1 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Carell | Steve Carell | Steve Carell
Steve Carell, byname of Steven John Carell, (born August 16, 1962, Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.), American comedian and actor known for both his television work—most notably on The Daily Show and The Office—and his numerous films.
After graduating from Denison University in Granville, Ohio (1984), Carell ... |
bf947108f75191392bd61a2f19d9357b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Daines | Steve Daines | Steve Daines
Steve Daines, in full Steven David Daines, (born August 20, 1962, Van Nuys, California, U.S.), American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and began representing Montana the following year. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2013–15).
Daines was b... |
f2662e1cfd9b9a710d9bfb182564f666 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Martin | Steve Martin | Steve Martin
Steve Martin, (born August 14, 1945, Waco, Texas, U.S.), American comedian, writer, and producer who began his career as a stand-up comic and eventually achieved success in motion pictures, on television, on Broadway, and in literature.
Martin attended Long Beach State College in California. His interest ... |
03f0f987919d0bf55574634e2f51eeb0 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Reicher | Steve Reicher | Steve Reicher
The British psychologists Steve Reicher, Russell Spears, and Tom Postmes argued that the notion of a loss of selfhood relies, inaccurately, on an individualistic conception of the self; rational action is equated with the individual self, and group membership is equated with the loss of identity and of…
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97dcee275a57fad06a0691d911e802bd | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Woolgar | Steve Woolgar | Steve Woolgar
…Laboratory Life (1979), written with Steven Woolgar, a sociologist, was the result of more than a year spent observing molecular biologists at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences in La Jolla, California. Latour and Woolgar’s account broke away from the positivist view of scientific inquiry as a ra... |
ce203f53a81087850af88e0c5d7d00c7 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steven-Ballmer | Steve Ballmer | Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer, in full Steven Anthony Ballmer, (born March 24, 1956, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.), American businessman who was CEO of the computer software company Microsoft Corporation (2000–14).
Ballmer graduated from Harvard University in 1977 with bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and economics. After w... |
859191e7ddce4125a5e289e61b9fba2f | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steven-Holl | Steven Holl | Steven Holl
Steven Holl , (born December 9, 1947, Bremerton, Washington, U.S.), American architect and artist whose built work draws on contemporary theories of phenomenology. Instead of imposing a style on a site, he argued, the site itself should generate the “architectural idea” applied to it.
After attending the U... |
b1d039af7037d5001bbeda2230a952b2 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steven-Lamoreaux | Steven Lamoreaux | Steven Lamoreaux
In 1996 American physicist Steven Lamoreaux measured this force for the first time. The amount of the attractive force, less than a billionth of a newton, agreed with the theory to within 5 percent.
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aa5a142e5ff88ece9b038999a4a72dda | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steven-Parent | Steven Parent | Steven Parent
…people in the home—celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, a close friend of Tate’s, was also there—were made to gather in the living room, and Tate and Sebring were linked by ropes tied around their necks. Sebring was shot and stabbed to death. Frykowski and Folger managed to free themselves and flee…
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966e272cb6ba90b53029f38931c14467 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stewart-Butterfield | Stewart Butterfield | Stewart Butterfield
Stewart Butterfield, original name Dharma Jeremy Butterfield, (born March 21, 1973, Lund, British Columbia, Canada), Canadian entrepreneur who cofounded both Flickr (2004), a photo-sharing site, and Slack Technologies, Inc. (2009), a dot-com enterprise that provided organizations with Slack, an int... |
ef44ef821091fe0f284f46a4047f4c61 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stewart-Shapiro | Stewart Shapiro | Stewart Shapiro
…Platonism developed by Resnik and Shapiro is known as structuralism. The essential ideas here are that the real objects of study in mathematics are structures, or patterns—things such as infinite series, geometric spaces, and set-theoretic hierarchies—and that individual mathematical objects (such as t... |
88da84c3c4eb2d54404331b6e2c1e6a2 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stig-Dagerman | Stig Dagerman | Stig Dagerman
Stig Dagerman, (born Oct. 5, 1923, Älvkarleby, Swed.—died Nov. 4, 1954, Enebyberg, near Stockholm), Swedish short-story writer, novelist, and playwright whose works, showing the influence of William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, and Dagerman’s older compatriot, Eyvind Johnson, have been held to express a sense... |
940a8fd3daf1cd4b3459ad10eba09799 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stockwell-Day | Stockwell Day | Stockwell Day
Stockwell Day, (born August 16, 1950, Barrie, Ontario, Canada), Canadian politician who served as leader of the Canadian Alliance party (2000–02), a forerunner of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Day grew up in Montreal and in Ottawa, where he attended high school. He then lived in a number of other pro... |
06ad7b7900a36737be20cce49071e593 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Story-Musgrave | Story Musgrave | Story Musgrave
Story Musgrave, in full Franklin Story Musgrave, (born Aug. 19, 1935, Boston, Mass., U.S.), U.S. astronaut and physician who made six flights into space.
After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Musgrave earned an impressive list of academic credentials, including bachelor’s or master’s degrees in mathem... |
aa00229d421af7c6979678515ddceb85 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stoyan-Danev | Stoyan Danev | Stoyan Danev
…he resigned in favour of Stoyan Danev, who reflected Ferdinand’s desire for a military solution. On the night of June 16–17 (June 29–30) Bulgarian forces began the Second Balkan War by launching a surprise assault on Greek and Serbian positions in Macedonia. As the Bulgarian attack was being repulsed, Rom... |
43cda7f99575045947543cdd3988dad7 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Strother-Martin | Strother Martin | Strother Martin
…of the prison warden (Strother Martin) and befuddles the guards with a series of daring escapes. In the process, he provides inspiration and vicarious thrills for his fellow inmates. The mounting tension between Luke and his jailers, however, leads to tragedy.
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8faf2dd37beac2a2143367cbf9ba727b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stuart-A-Roosa | Stuart A. Roosa | Stuart A. Roosa
Stuart A. Roosa, in full Stuart Allen Roosa, (born Aug. 16, 1933, Durango, Colo., U.S.—died Dec. 12, 1994, Falls Church, Va.), American astronaut. Roosa participated in the Apollo 14 mission (Jan. 31–Feb. 9, 1971), in which the uplands region of the Moon, 15 miles (24 km) north of the Fra Mauro crater... |
4592b25067d05b00de6be3a28f37cd4f | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stuart-McLean | Stuart McLean | Stuart McLean
Stuart McLean, in full Andrew Stuart McLean, (born April 19, 1948, Montreal, Quebec, Canada—died February15, 2017, Toronto, Ontario), Canadian radio humorist who created and hosted the long-running weekly radio variety show The Vinyl Cafe, heard from the mid-1990s on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC)... |
2b44bcba9a9d327611b6cdeddc252a6c | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stuart-Sutcliffe | Stuart Sutcliffe | Stuart Sutcliffe
Other early members included Stuart Sutcliffe (b. June 23, 1940, Edinburgh, Scotland—d. April 10, 1962, Hamburg, West Germany) and Pete Best (b. November 24, 1941, Madras [now Chennai], India).
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acd80fcdbd07c3a59e9fe258a15b48e2 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Studs-Terkel | Studs Terkel | Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel, byname of Louis Terkel, (born May 16, 1912, New York City, New York, U.S.—died October 31, 2008, Chicago, Illinois), American author and oral historian who chronicled the lives of Americans from the Great Depression to the early 21st century.
After spending his early childhood in New York Ci... |
ec0ae2d942445b0b5a8e523804e665fa | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sturla-Thordarson | Sturla Thórdarson | Sturla Thórdarson
…including the Íslendinga saga by Sturla Þórðarson.
…saga (“The Icelanders’ Saga”) of Sturla Þórðarson, who describes in memorable detail the bitter personal and political feuds that marked the final episode in the history of the Icelandic commonwealth (c. 1200–64).
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6bce9c7f3f55aacb0fb13d39b6361236 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Su-Shi | Su Shi | Su Shi
Su Shi, Wade-Giles romanization Su Shih, courtesy name (zi) Zizhan, literary name (hao) Dongpo Jushi, also called Su Dongpo, (born January 8, 1037, Meishan [now in Sichuan province], China—died August 24, 1101, Changzhou, Jiangsu province), one of China’s greatest poets and essayists, who was also an accomplish... |
42ec47967e2a02474836c21ed6aea003 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sudhindranath-Datta | Sudhindranath Datta | Sudhindranath Datta
One of these was Sudhindranath Datta, a poet much like Pound in careful and etymological use of language; another is the poet and prose writer Buddhadeva Bose.
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a5f843efbb69b2e69c219b22da4bfbac | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sue-Sophia-Dauser | Sue Sophia Dauser | Sue Sophia Dauser
Sue Sophia Dauser, (born Sept. 20, 1888, Anaheim, Calif., U.S.—died March 8, 1972, Anaheim), American nurse and naval officer responsible for preparing the Navy Nurse Corps for World War II and then overseeing the group, who simultaneously worked for parity of rank and pay for female officers and th... |
98e395f716ecd8ddd9f46b3389cdb212 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Suger | Suger | Suger
Suger, (born 1081, near Paris—died Jan. 13, 1151), French abbot and adviser to kings Louis VI and VII whose supervision of the rebuilding of the abbey church of Saint-Denis was instrumental in the development of the Gothic style of architecture.
Suger was born of peasant parents. As a child he showed unusual i... |
8c3087f8f0f23fc9b9bc91c93430f56b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sugimura-Jihei | Sugimura Jihei | Sugimura Jihei
The Insistent Lover by Sugimura Jihei provides an excellent example of the lush and complex mood achievable with the medium. Within a seemingly uncomplicated composition Jihei represents a tipsy brothel guest lunging for a courtesan while an attendant averts her eyes. This scene, likely played out hundre... |
084dc49951d02e36a1457d3d70e228f5 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sukru-Saracoglu | Şükrü Saracoğlu | Şükrü Saracoğlu
Şükrü Saracoğlu, (born 1887, Ödemiş, near Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]—died Dec. 27, 1953, Istanbul), statesman who served as prime minister of the Turkish republic from 1942 to 1946.
Having studied economics and political science in Geneva, Saracoğlu returned to Turkey in 1918 following th... |
0fb5b44eeb2a6bb3fd159845a69db3fb | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Suleyman-the-Magnificent | Süleyman the Magnificent | Süleyman the Magnificent
Süleyman the Magnificent, byname Süleyman I or the Lawgiver, Turkish Süleyman Muhteşem or Kanuni, (born November 1494–April 1495—died September 5/6, 1566, near Szigetvár, Hungary), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 who not only undertook bold military campaigns that enlarged his r... |
169dcb226b3daec208a0592a8a0431a4 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sultan-Muhammad | Sulṭān Muḥammad | Sulṭān Muḥammad
Sulṭān Muḥammad, (flourished 16th century, Ṣafavid Iran), one of the greatest of Persian painters and the most notable artist of the Ṣafavid school at Tabrīz.
During the period 1495–1522 Sulṭān Muḥammad was probably the leading exponent of the Turkmen school of painting current in western Iran under ... |
7827ca1706542e21eb93e6c52e13d3be | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sumi-Jo | Sumi Jo | Sumi Jo
Sumi Jo, original name Soo Kyong Jo, (born Nov. 22, 1962, Seoul, S.Kor.), South Korean soprano known for her light, expressive voice and her virtuosic performance of major coloratura roles of the operatic repertoire.
Jo began studying music at an early age. She entered the music school of Seoul National Univer... |
ab03c5e9cf51d43b35fb306a3a3f6ec9 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sumitomo-Masatomo | Sumitomo Masatomo | Sumitomo Masatomo
…in Kyōto in 1630 by Sumitomo Masatomo. His brother-in-law, Soga Riemon, had set up a small copper refinery that used a European-derived procedure for extracting the gold and silver content of copper ores. Soga’s oldest son, Tomomochi, who became Sumitomo’s son-in-law, established a copper refinery in... |
b2682fd2f52dfe7315c1545665d3b505 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sundiata-Keita | Sundiata Keita | Sundiata Keita
Sundiata Keita, Sundiata also spelled Sundjata or Soundiata, also called Sundiata, Mārī Diāṭa, or Mari Jata, (died 1255), West African monarch who founded the western Sudanese empire of Mali. During his reign he established the territorial base of the empire and laid the foundations for its future prosp... |
d7655380ef9fa42e0cdb8a61028b4120 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sunita-Williams | Sunita Williams | Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams, in full Sunita Lyn Williams, née Sunita Pandya, (born September 19, 1965, Euclid, Ohio, U.S.), American astronaut who set records on her two flights to the International Space Station (ISS).
Sunita Williams is an American astronaut. Her two spaceflights to the International Space Stati... |
eb9322cb8c838d684853a957e84e38b3 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Surendranath-Banerjea | Sir Surendranath Banerjea | Sir Surendranath Banerjea
Sir Surendranath Banerjea, (born Nov. 10, 1848, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died Aug. 6, 1925, Barrackpore, near Calcutta), one of the founders of modern India and a proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth.
Banerjea was born into a distinguished family of Brahmans. After grad... |
da7f35797280299d4084f55bbf27833f | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sureshvara | Sureshvara | Sureshvara
Shankara’s chief direct pupils were Sureshvara, the author of Varttika (“Gloss”) on his bhashya and of Naishkarmya-siddhi (“Establishment of the State of Nonaction”), and Padmapada, author of Panchapadika, a commentary on the first five padas, or sections, of the bhashya. These early pupils raised and settle... |
f5ca51358b9b80c9096a1d2ec280f80b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-B-Anthony | Susan B. Anthony | Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony, in full Susan Brownell Anthony, (born February 15, 1820, Adams, Massachusetts, U.S.—died March 13, 1906, Rochester, New York), American activist who was a pioneer crusader for the women’s suffrage movement in the United States and was president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffr... |
86fceea0ab39e2de88c3d4525bbd1c52 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-Berman | Berman, Susan | Berman, Susan
…where he became friends with Susan Berman, the daughter of a mobster. Durst later returned to New York City, and in 1973 he married Kathleen McCormack, a dental hygenist. That year he also began to sporadically work at his family’s business. According to various reports, by 1981 Durst’s marriage was…
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2de37a390ec1f02397efd88ac8493092 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-Lincoln-Tolman-Mills | Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills | Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills, née Susan Lincoln Tolman, (born Nov. 18, 1825, Enosburg, Vt., U.S.—died Dec. 12, 1912, Oakland, Calif.), American missionary and educator who, with her husband, established what would become the first U.S. women’s college on the west coast.
Susan Tolman graduated ... |
d204bd5c7237347330156e4a00917dae | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-Rice | Susan Rice | Susan Rice
…be used by UN Ambassador Susan Rice when she appeared on television news programs several days after the attack. Republican critics alleged that these changes showed that the administration had “scrubbed” Rice’s remarks in order not to tarnish Obama’s record on security during the run-up to the presidential... |
6ded601bf67f693c118bed048310c3ca | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susan-Shelby-Magoffin | Susan Shelby Magoffin | Susan Shelby Magoffin
Susan Shelby Magoffin, née Susan Shelby, (born July 30, 1827, Danville, Kentucky, U.S.—died October 26, 1855, St. Louis, Missouri), American diarist who was the first woman to write an account of traveling the Santa Fe Trail. Magoffin’s journal, written in 1846–47, describes trade on the trail at... |
546ed9e662dbb1e58e0e563236e11c1b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susanna-Tamaro | Susanna Tamaro | Susanna Tamaro
Best-selling and widely translated author Susanna Tamaro achieved overnight commercial success with the sentimental Va’ dove ti porta il cuore (1994; Follow Your Heart), which she adapted for a film of the same name directed by Cristina Comencini.
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e887110dc5f969e94a3017e723421703 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susenyos | Susenyos | Susenyos
…17th century, when the emperor Susenyos utterly crushed them and confiscated their lands. Their conditions improved in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at which time tens of thousands of Beta Israel lived in the region north of Lake Tana. Beta Israel men were traditionally ironsmiths, weavers, and farm... |
09f756a313814c0a3cb54131d30288ca | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Susette-La-Flesche | Susette La Flesche | Susette La Flesche
Susette La Flesche, Omaha name Inshata Theumba (“Bright Eyes”), (born 1854, Omaha Reservation, Nebraska [U.S.]—died May 26, 1903, near Bancroft, Neb., U.S.), Native American writer, lecturer, and activist in the cause of American Indian rights.
La Flesche was the daughter of an Omaha chief who was t... |
f8a7021aabfb9fe4a130732c0af134f8 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sushil-Koirala | Sushil Koirala | Sushil Koirala
Sushil Koirala, (born August 12, 1939, Biratnagar, Nepal—died February 9, 2016, Kathmandu), Nepali politician and government official, who served as the prime minister of Nepal in 2014–15.
Koirala was a member of one of Nepal’s most prominent political families. Three of his relatives—Matrika Prasad Koi... |
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