12) Jones, Bill T. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bill T., (William Tass Jones), 1952-, American dancer and choreographer, b. Bunnell, Fla. A gay African American, he has experienced dual prejudices and has often...

13) Scriblerus Club. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...to satirize "all the false tastes in learning." Among its chief members were Arbuthnot, Gay, Thomas Parnell, Pope, and Swift. Meetings of the club were discontinued...

14) White, Edmund. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...1962). White is one of the best known-and probably the finest stylist-of the openly gay writers who came to public attention in the 1970s and 80s. His first novel,...

15) Bewick, Thomas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...revival of original wood engraving. Among his famous early works are his illustrations for Gay's Fables (1779) and Select Fables (1784) and for Ralph Beilby's General...

16) Rich, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(1717-60) the role of Harlequin in annual performances. His successful production of John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1728) enabled him to build Covent Garden Theatre,...

17) Schwind, Moritz von. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Best known for the imagination and strength of his draftsmanship, Schwind created a gay world of dream figures. This air of fantasy was not fully realized in the...

18) ballad opera. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...songs, most of them sung to popular airs. First and best was The Beggar's Opera (1728) by John Gay. The vogue for these operas lasted until c.1750....

19) Thomson, James, 1700-1748, Scottish poet. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...to London, took a post as tutor, and became acquainted with such literary celebrities as Gay, Arbuthnot, and Pope. His most famous poem, The Seasons, was published...

20) Thenard, Louis Jacques. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...chancellor of the Univ. of Paris (1832), and was made a baron in 1825. He collaborated with Gay-Lussac in studies of boron, chlorine, iodine, and potassium, worked...