11) Constable, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...19th cent. Constable became famous for his landscapes of Suffolk, Hampstead, Salisbury, and Brighton. The son of a prosperous miller, he showed artistic talent while...
12) Boston, city, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The city includes former neighboring towns-Roxbury, West Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, Brighton, and Hyde Park-annexed in the late 19th cent. 1 EconomyThe largest...
13) Regency style. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...styles of many countries and periods. For the prince regent, John Nash constructed at Brighton the Royal Pavilion (1815-22) in the Indian style; it included exotic...
14) Wallasey. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...as flour milling and ship repairing, but Wallasey is primarily residential. Nearby is New Brighton, a seaside resort....
15) Sussex. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and the Adur. The long coast line along the Channel is famous for its resorts, such as Brighton and Eastbourne. Sussex is primarily an agricultural region devoted...
16) Greene, Graham. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...to distinguish them from his more serious efforts. His major works, which include Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The Heart of the Matter (1948),...
17) Simon, Neil. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(1968), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971), The Good Doctor (1973), God's Favorite (1974), Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983), Biloxi Blues (1984), Broadway Bound (1986),...
18) English Channel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Le Havre, Dieppe, and Calais (in France). Noted resorts include Deauville, France, and Brighton, England. A train-ferry service to carry passengers and freight between...
19) Brooklyn. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and Cobble Hill to Bedford-Stuyvesant, the largest African-American neighborhood in the city. Brighton Beach has a large community of Russian Jews, and there are...
20) Irish Republican Army. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Burma, and unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Brighton, England. 3In 1994 hopes for peace were raised when the IRA declared...
|
