11) Hiero I. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hiero I, (hiŽro) (KEY) , 5th cent. B.C., Greek Sicilian ruler, tyrant of Syracuse (478-467 B.C.). He succeeded his brother Gelon. A noted patron of literature, Hiero...
12) Dionysius the Elder. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dionysius the Elder, c.430-367 B.C., tyrant of Syracuse. Of humble origin, he entered politics as a supporter of the poorer classes. Having prompted (400 B.C.) a...
13) Vittorini, Elio. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vittorini, Elio, (eŽlyo vet-toreŽne) (KEY) , 1908-66, Italian novelist, b. Syracuse, Sicily. Between 1934 and 1941 Vittorini translated the works of D. H. Lawrence,...
14) Oates, Joyce Carol. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-, American author, b. Lockport, N.Y., grad. B.A., Syracuse Univ., 1960, M.A., Univ. of Wisconsin, 1961. She taught English at the Univ. of...
15) Clark, Lewis Gaylord. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808?-1873, American editor and writer, b. near Syracuse, N.Y. He was the editor (1834-60) of the Knickerbocker Magazine and made it a leading...
16) Westcott, Edward Noyes. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Westcott, Edward Noyes, 1846-98, American novelist and banker, b. Syracuse, N.Y. He is known for his popular novel, David Harum (pub. posthumously, 1898), which concerns...
17) De Witt. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse....
18) Walker, Mary Edwards. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919, American surgeon and feminist, b. Oswego, N.Y., grad. Syracuse Medical College, 1855. At the beginning of the Civil War she offered...
19) Eryx. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(erŽiks) (KEY) , ancient city, W Sicily, Italy. Long a source of conflict between Carthage and Syracuse, it was destroyed (c.260 B.C.) by the Carthaginians in the...
20) Berrigan brothers. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..., American Catholic priests, writers, and social activists. 1Daniel Berrigan, 1921-, b. Syracuse, N.Y., was trained in the Society of Jesus and ordained in 1952....
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