Barrier Treaties, three treaties negotiated between 1709 and 1715 granting the United Provinces of the Netherlands (the Dutch republic) the right to garrison and govern certain towns along the southern boundary of the Spanish (subsequently the Austrian) Netherlands as protection against attack by

Fannie Barrier Williams was an American social reformer, lecturer, and clubwoman who cofounded (1893) the National League of Colored Women. Williams graduated from the local State Normal School (now the State University of New York College at Brockport) in 1870. Thereafter she taught in freedmen’s

capacitor dielectric and piezoelectric ceramics: Barrier-layer capacitors: Two other strategies to produce ceramic materials with high dielectric constants involve surface barrier layers or grain-boundary barrier layers; these are referred to as barrier-layer (BL) capacitors. In each case conductive films or grain cores are formed by donor doping or reduction firing…

Western architecture: France: The Barrière de la Villette, consisting of a tall cylinder rising out of a low square block with porticoes of heavy, square Doric piers, exhibits all the essentials of the style: megalomania, geometry, simplicity, antique detail, formalism, and stylophily (use of many columns). Even more inventive…

barriers to entry, in economics, obstacles that make it difficult for a firm to enter a given market. They may arise naturally because of the characteristics of the market, or they may be artificially imposed by firms already operating in the market or by the government. Natural barriers to entry

Austrian Netherlands: The Treaty of Antwerp (also known as the Treaty of the Barriers, 1715) further provided that the Austrian administration of the southern Low Countries would remain essentially unchanged from the Spanish rule; the official organ of the region was simply transferred from Madrid to Vienna. As…

Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de La Galissonnière was a mariner and commandant general of New France. La Galissonnière was the son of a naval lieutenant-general and studied at the College of Beauvais in Paris. He became a midshipman in the French navy in 1710 and, in the following year, made the

Twenty-fourth Amendment, amendment (1964) to the Constitution of the United States that prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election. It was proposed by the U.S. Congress on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the

Meteor Crater, rimmed, bowl-shaped pit produced by the impact of a large meteorite in the rolling plain of the Canyon Diablo region, 19 miles (30 km) west of Winslow, Arizona, U.S. The crater is 4,000 feet (1,200 metres) in diameter and about 600 feet (180 metres) deep inside its rim, which rises

Barrington, town (township), Bristol county, eastern Rhode Island, U.S. The town lies on the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay just southeast of East Providence and occupies two peninsulas separated by the Barrington River. As early as 1632, Plymouth settlers had established a trading post in the

Santa Fe Island, one of the Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 600 mi (965 km) west of Ecuador. Situated halfway between San Cristóbal and Santa Cruz islands, it is south of the vortex of the archipelago, is dotted with small volcanic cones, and has an area of 7 12 sq mi (19 sq

George Barrington was an Irish adventurer notorious for his activities as a pickpocket in England in the 1770s and ’80s. He was falsely said to be the author of several histories of Australia. Barrington’s father was a silversmith named Henry Waldron. About 1771 young Waldron joined a troupe of

Lydia Barrington Darragh was an American Revolutionary War heroine who is said to have saved General George Washington’s army from a British attack. Lydia Barrington married William Darragh, a teacher, in 1753. Shortly thereafter she immigrated with her husband to the American colonies, settling in

American Idol: Winners: Other winners included Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, and Kris Allen. Proving that success on the show was not necessarily a prerequisite to success in show business, Jennifer Hudson was voted off in season three but went on to win an Academy Award for her performance in…

pre-Columbian civilizations: Social and political organization: …group referred to as a calpulli by the Aztec and translated as barrio (“ward”) by the Spaniards. Questions about the structure and function of this level of Aztec organization have caused a great deal of debate among Meso-American specialists. It is clear, however, that it was a physical and territorial…

Buenos Aires: City neighborhoods: On the other hand, Barrio Norte, north of Plaza de Mayo, is an upscale area built during Argentina’s Gilded Age (the late 19th century). It is sometimes referred to as a miniature Paris. The area, which also encompasses the neighborhoods of Palermo, Recoleta, and Retiro, was constructed around the…

San Martín de Porres, distrito (district), in the Lima-Callao metropolitan area, Peru. It lies on the north bank of the Rímac River. Among the oldest and best developed of Lima’s pueblos jóvenes (young towns), San Martín de Porres is primarily a working-class residential area. It contains numerous

Buenos Aires: City neighborhoods: San Telmo, or Barrio Sur, south of the Plaza de Mayo, began to be restored and gentrified in the early 1990s after nearly a century of neglect and decay. By the later part of the decade the area had become trendy and bohemian. Its numerous…

Eduardo Barrios was a Chilean writer best known for his psychological novels. Barrios was educated in Lima and at the Chilean Military Academy in Santiago. After working as a merchant, a rubber agent, and a prospector in several Latin American countries, he settled (1913) in Santiago, where he

Justo Rufino Barrios: His nephew José María Reina Barrios was president of Guatemala from 1892 until his assassination in 1898.

Justo Rufino Barrios was the president of Guatemala (1873–85), who carried out liberal domestic policies by dictatorial means and persistently advocated Central American unity, to be imposed by force if diplomacy proved inadequate. Trained for the law, Barrios became Guatemalan army commander and

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro is a Nicaraguan newspaper publisher and politician who served as president of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was Central America’s first woman president. Chamorro, who was born into a wealthy Nicaraguan family (her father was a cattle rancher), received much of her

Chuck Barris was an American television producer and host who created the iconic 1960s game shows The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game but was perhaps best remembered as the creator and host of the comic talent show The Gong Show, which originally aired from 1976 to 1978. Barris graduated (1953)

Chuck Barris was an American television producer and host who created the iconic 1960s game shows The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game but was perhaps best remembered as the creator and host of the comic talent show The Gong Show, which originally aired from 1976 to 1978. Barris graduated (1953)

barrister, one of the two types of practicing lawyers in England and Wales, the other being the solicitor. In general, barristers engage in advocacy (trial work) and solicitors in office work, but there is a considerable overlap in their functions. The solicitor, for example, may appear as an

Albert Spear Hitchcock: …1946), for the designation of Barro Colorado Island in Panama as a permanent biological preserve.

Federico Barocci was a leading painter of the central Italian school in the last decades of the 16th century and an important precursor of the Baroque style. Barocci studied in Urbino with Battista Franco, a follower of Michelangelo’s maniera. Although he made two visits to Rome—one in about 1550

Latin American literature: The Barroco de Indias: In poetry, the Barroco de Indias begins with a gleeful acceptance of the manner originated by Luis de Góngora y Argote, the great Spanish Baroque poet, who had brought about a veritable revolution in poetic language. Góngora’s poetry is difficult, laden with…

Barrois, ancient county, then duchy, on the western frontier of Lorraine, a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, of which Barrois was long a fiefdom or holding before being absorbed piecemeal by France. The centre and capital was the town that later came to be known as Bar-le-Duc, in the modern

Apizaco, city, central Tlaxcala estado (state), east-central Mexico. It lies at 7,900 feet (2,400 metres) above sea level in the cool Apizaco valley of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Formerly known as Barrón Escandón, the city is a commercial, manufacturing, and transportation centre. Corn (maize),

lock: Development of modern types.: The Barron lock (see Figure 4) had two tumblers and the key had to raise each tumbler by a different amount before the bolts could be shot. This enormous advance in lock design remains the basic principle of all lever locks.

Barron River, river in northeastern Queensland, Australia, rising near Herberton in the Hugh Nelson Range of the Eastern Highlands and flowing north across the Atherton Plateau past Mareeba and then east and south through the Barron Gorge to enter the Pacific Ocean at Trinity Bay, just north of

Clarence W. Barron was a financial editor and publisher who founded Barron’s Financial Weekly. In 1875 he joined the staff of the Boston Transcript, holding positions as a reporter and as financial editor. Aware of the need for daily financial news in bulletin form, he established the Boston News

Clarence W. Barron: …editor and publisher who founded Barron’s Financial Weekly.

Forbidden Planet: Bebe Barron composed the first such score for a feature film. (Because of a dispute with the Musician’s Union, the Barrons were credited simply with “electronic tonalities.”) Designer Robert Kinoshita, who built Robby, also created the robot on the 1960s television series Lost in Space.

Clarence W. Barron was a financial editor and publisher who founded Barron’s Financial Weekly. In 1875 he joined the staff of the Boston Transcript, holding positions as a reporter and as financial editor. Aware of the need for daily financial news in bulletin form, he established the Boston News

Clarence W. Barron was a financial editor and publisher who founded Barron’s Financial Weekly. In 1875 he joined the staff of the Boston Transcript, holding positions as a reporter and as financial editor. Aware of the need for daily financial news in bulletin form, he established the Boston News

Kayla Barron is an American astronaut who spent six months on the International Space Station (ISS) from November 2021 to May 2022. Barron earned a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2010. She then received a Gates Cambridge

Kayla Barron is an American astronaut who spent six months on the International Space Station (ISS) from November 2021 to May 2022. Barron earned a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2010. She then received a Gates Cambridge

Forbidden Planet: Pioneers of electronic music Louis and Bebe Barron composed the first such score for a feature film. (Because of a dispute with the Musician’s Union, the Barrons were credited simply with “electronic tonalities.”) Designer Robert Kinoshita, who built Robby, also created the robot on the 1960s television series Lost…

Diego Barros Arana was a Chilean historian, educator, and diplomat best known for his Historia general de Chile, 16 vol. (1884–1902; “General History of Chile”). Barros Arana originally studied for a legal career but gave up the law to pursue his interests in history and literature. In 1859 the

São Paulo: The political mix: The bon vivant Adhemar de Barros, who was the state’s appointed chief executive during 1938–41, subsequently won elections for mayor and governor on the basis of such projects as the Anchieta and Anhanguera expressways, the massive Hospital das Clínicas, the electrification of the Sorocabana railroad, and the Vila…

São Paulo: The political mix: The bon vivant Adhemar de Barros, who was the state’s appointed chief executive during 1938–41, subsequently won elections for mayor and governor on the basis of such projects as the Anchieta and Anhanguera expressways, the massive Hospital das Clínicas, the electrification of the Sorocabana railroad, and the Vila…

Sergipe: …subdued by the firearms of Cristóvão de Barros, who founded the city of São Cristóvão, the first capital, in 1590. In 1820 Sergipe became an independent captaincy. It became a province of the empire in 1824 and a state of the Brazilian republic in 1889.

Iguaçu Falls: In 1897 Edmundo de Barros, a Brazilian army officer, envisaged the establishment of a national park at Iguaçu Falls. Following boundary rectifications between Brazil and Argentina, two separate national parks were established, one by each country—Iguaçu National Park (1939) in Brazil and Iguazú National Park (1934) in…

João de Barros was a Portuguese historian and civil servant who wrote Décadas da Ásia, 4 vol. (1552–1615), one of the first great accounts of European overseas exploration and colonization. Barros was educated in the household of the Portuguese heir-apparent and became a good classical scholar. His

Badajoz: …wider central plain is the Barros Plain, the largest cereal-, wine-, and oil-producing region of Extremadura; its main centre is Almendralejo. Other regions in the province produce wool, and livestock raising is important. Industry, primarily agricultural processing (tomatoes), is concentrated in Badajoz city, Mérida, Almendralejo, and Villanueva de la Serena.…

José Manuel Barroso is a Portuguese politician who served as prime minister of Portugal (2002–04) and president of the European Commission (2004–14). Barroso was born to parents who hailed from the region of Valpaços, one of the poorer areas of Portugal. The difficulties of growing up under the

José Manuel Barroso is a Portuguese politician who served as prime minister of Portugal (2002–04) and president of the European Commission (2004–14). Barroso was born to parents who hailed from the region of Valpaços, one of the poorer areas of Portugal. The difficulties of growing up under the

Odilon Barrot was a prominent liberal monarchist under the July Monarchy in France (1830–48) and a leader of the electoral reform movement of 1847. Barrot began his career in 1814 as a barrister in the Court of Cassation. After making his name as a defender of liberals, he was elected president of

Odilon Barrot was a prominent liberal monarchist under the July Monarchy in France (1830–48) and a leader of the electoral reform movement of 1847. Barrot began his career in 1814 as a barrister in the Court of Cassation. After making his name as a defender of liberals, he was elected president of

barrow, in England, ancient burial place covered with a large mound of earth. In Scotland, Ireland, and Wales the equivalent term is cairn. Barrows were constructed in England from Neolithic (c. 4000 bc) until late pre-Christian (c. ad 600) times. Barrows of the Neolithic Period were long and

permafrost: Effects of climate: At Barrow, Alaska, U.S., the mean annual air temperature is −12 °C (10 °F), and the thickness is 400 metres (about 1,300 feet). At Fairbanks, Alaska, in the discontinuous zone of permafrost in central Alaska, the mean annual air temperature is −3 °C (27 °F), and…

Barrow Canyon, submarine canyon incised into the Arctic continental shelf off Alaska. From its head in the Chukchi Sea, about 95 miles (150 km) west of Point Barrow, in water depths of about 150 feet (45 metres), the canyon trends northeast along the coast and crosses into the Beaufort Sea, north

Barrow Island, Australian island in the Indian Ocean, 30 miles (50 km) off the northwest coast of Western Australia and 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the Montebello Islands. Measuring 12 by 5 miles (19 by 8 km), it has an area of 78 square miles (202 square km). It is geologically an extension of

goldeneye: …the major breeding areas of Barrow’s goldeneye (B. islandica) are in northwestern North America and Iceland. Both winter mainly in northern coastal waters. Although prized as game birds because of their wariness, they are not highly desired for the table. Both species are about 46 cm (18 inches) long and…

The Gambia: 2016 presidential election, Jammeh’s standoff, and ECOWAS intervention: …to support just one candidate, Adama Barrow, who agreed to serve only a three-year transitional term. The newly united opposition posed the greatest threat to Jammeh in his 22 years of rule. A former ruling-party member, Mamma Kandeh, was the third candidate in the election. Prior to the poll, Jammeh…

Bonnie and Clyde: Clyde Barrow had been a criminal long before he met Parker in January 1930. After 20 months in prison in 1930–32, he teamed up with Bonnie Parker, and the two began a crime spree that lasted 21 months. Often working with confederates—including Barrow’s brother Buck…

Belize: Independence of Belize: The UDP, now led by Dean Barrow, triumphed in the 2008 general elections, and Barrow became the country’s first black prime minister. His party promised to end crime and government corruption and to create an elected Senate. Although a democratic tradition has been established in Belize, the country has struggled…

Barbados: Barbados since independence: In 1968 Errol Barrow, who served as prime minister in 1966–76 and 1986–87, helped form the Caribbean Free Trade Association, which became the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) in 1973. The island has also established close ties with countries elsewhere in the less-developed world.

Portishead: …North East Somerset, England), producer Geoff Barrow (b. December 9, 1971, Walton-in-Gordano, North Somerset, England), and guitarist Adrian Utley (b. April 27, 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England).

Henry Barrow was a lawyer and early Congregationalist martyr who challenged the established Anglican church by supporting the formation of separate and independent churches in England. After leading a dissolute life as a student at the University of Cambridge, he was converted through the chance

Isaac Barrow was an English classical scholar, theologian, and mathematician who was the teacher of Isaac Newton. He developed a method of determining tangents that closely approached the methods of calculus, and he first recognized that what became known as the processes of integration and

John D. Barrow was a British astrophysicist who received the 2006 Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries About Spiritual Realities. Barrow earned a doctorate (1977) in astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and he taught at Oxford, the University of California, Berkeley, and

John D. Barrow was a British astrophysicist who received the 2006 Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries About Spiritual Realities. Barrow earned a doctorate (1977) in astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and he taught at Oxford, the University of California, Berkeley, and

Joe Louis was an American boxer who was world heavyweight champion from June 22, 1937, when he knocked out James J. Braddock in eight rounds in Chicago, until March 1, 1949, when he briefly retired. During his reign, the longest in the history of any weight division, he successfully defended his

River Barrow, river rising in the Slieve Bloom mountain range in the centre of Ireland and flowing for about 120 miles (190 km) to Waterford harbour in the southeast, where it joins the Rivers Nore and Suir. From its upper mountain course in counties Laoighis and Offaly, it flows east across bogs

Barrow-in-Furness, port town and borough (district), administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. It lies on the seaward side of the Furness peninsula between the estuary of the River Duddon and Morecambe Bay. A narrow channel of the Irish Sea, now bridged,

Barrow-in-Furness: borough (district), administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. It lies on the seaward side of the Furness peninsula between the estuary of the River Duddon and Morecambe Bay. A narrow channel of the Irish Sea, now bridged, lies between the mainland…

Barry, port town, Vale of Glamorgan county, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), southern Wales. It is situated on the Bristol Channel, just west of where the channel is met by the mouth of the River Severn estuary, and is the administrative centre of Vale of Glamorgan county. Barry has

Anya Taylor-Joy: Becoming a scream queen: …Obama in the Netflix film Barry (2016). She was nonetheless soon branded as a “scream queen” thanks in part to The Witch and to roles in M. Night Shyamalan’s sequels to his 2000 thriller Unbreakable, Split (2016) and Glass (2019). In those sequels, Taylor-Joy assumed the role of Casey, a…

Two years before he challenged Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 U.S. presidential election, Senator Barry Goldwater engaged in a debate with a fellow senator, Jacob K. Javits, in the pages of The Great Ideas Today, a Britannica publication.“Does America’s best hope for the future lie in political

Stanley Kubrick: Films of the 1970s of Stanley Kubrick: …passed in the preparation of Barry Lyndon (1975), which Kubrick adapted himself from William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel of the same name. Ryan O’Neal starred as the title character, an 18th-century Irish rogue who narrates his story in voice-over. Kubrick’s obsessive insistence on filming with natural lighting of the period (including…

Barry Lyndon, historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in Fraser’s Magazine in 1844 as The Luck of Barry Lyndon: A Romance of the Last Century. The book was published in two volumes in 1852–53, and it was revised (“with admissions”) as The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. in

Miami: The contemporary city: …Miami (1925) in Coral Gables, Barry University (1940) in Miami Shores, St. Thomas University (1961), Florida Memorial College (1879), International Fine Arts College (1965), Miami-Dade Community College (1960), and Florida International University (1972), the site of the National Hurricane Center operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Jackson

Rick Barry: …also played professional basketball, including Brent, who was a member of two championship-winning San Antonio Spurs teams, making the Barrys the second father-son duo to capture NBA titles (preceded by Matt Guokas, Sr., and Matt Guokas, Jr., and followed by Bill Walton and Luke Walton). Barry was inducted into the…

Dave Barry is an American humorist and author best known for a popular humor column he wrote for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. Barry’s column was syndicated to more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. Barry is the author, coauthor, or contributing author of dozens of

Dave Barry is an American humorist and author best known for a popular humor column he wrote for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. Barry’s column was syndicated to more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. Barry is the author, coauthor, or contributing author of dozens of

James Barry was an Irish-born artist whose major work, The Progress of Human Culture, is a series of six monumental paintings of historical and allegorical subjects done for the Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts, London. Largely a self-taught artist, Barry in 1763 attracted the patronage of

James Miranda Barry was an Irish doctor who served as a medical inspector for the British armed forces in the mid-19th century. Barry was well known as a champion and fierce advocate of public health and sanitation. His legacy endured, however, partly because of the posthumous revelation that Barry

Jeanne Bécu, countess du Barry was the last of the mistresses of the French king Louis XV (reigned 1715–74). Although she exercised little political influence at the French court, her unpopularity contributed to the decline of the prestige of the crown in the early 1770s. She was born Marie-Jeanne

The Brill Building: Assembly-Line Pop: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, and Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman were to rock and roll what Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and George and Ira Gershwin were to Tin Pan Alley. The difference was that the writers of Brill Building pop understood the teenage…

John Barry was an American naval officer who won significant maritime victories during the American Revolution (1775–83). Because he trained so many young officers who later became celebrated in the nation’s history, he was often called the “Father of the Navy.” A merchant shipmaster out of

John Barry British composer who provided the musical scores for more than 100 motion pictures and television programs, notably 11 movies featuring Ian Fleming’s iconic spy James Bond—From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty’s

Lynda Barry is an American cartoonist and author known for her syndicated weekly comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek (1979–2008) and the graphic novels The Good Times Are Killing Me (1988) and What It Is (2008). Barry was born to a father of Irish and Norwegian descent who worked as a butcher and a

Lynda Barry is an American cartoonist and author known for her syndicated weekly comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek (1979–2008) and the graphic novels The Good Times Are Killing Me (1988) and What It Is (2008). Barry was born to a father of Irish and Norwegian descent who worked as a butcher and a

Jeanne Bécu, countess du Barry was the last of the mistresses of the French king Louis XV (reigned 1715–74). Although she exercised little political influence at the French court, her unpopularity contributed to the decline of the prestige of the crown in the early 1770s. She was born Marie-Jeanne

Marion Barry was an American civil rights activist and politician who served four terms as mayor of Washington, D.C. Barry received a bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College (1958) and a master’s degree from Fisk University (1960). He was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating

Marion Barry was an American civil rights activist and politician who served four terms as mayor of Washington, D.C. Barry received a bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College (1958) and a master’s degree from Fisk University (1960). He was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating

dress: Rebellion: …not allowed to become doctors, Miranda Barry dressed as a man and obtained a degree in medicine at the University of Edinburgh. She then became an army surgeon and ended her career as inspector general of military hospitals in Canada in 1857, after serving in the Crimean War.

Philip Barry was an American dramatist best known for his comedies of life and manners among the socially privileged. Barry was educated at Yale and in 1919 entered George Pierce Baker’s Workshop 47 at Harvard. His A Punch for Judy was produced by the workshop in 1920. You and I, also written while

ballad: Theories: …forward by the American collector Phillips Barry (1880–1937) and the scholar G.H. Gerould (1877–1953), the ballad is conceded to be an individual composition originally. This fact is considered of little importance because the singer is not expressing himself individually, but serving as the deputy of the public voice, and because…

Rick Barry is an American professional basketball player who was one of the most prolific scorers and accurate free throw shooters in the sport’s history. In his 14 seasons playing in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA), he was a first-team

Rick Barry is an American professional basketball player who was one of the most prolific scorers and accurate free throw shooters in the sport’s history. In his 14 seasons playing in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA), he was a first-team

Sir Charles Barry was one of the architects of the Gothic Revival in England and chief architect of the British Houses of Parliament. The son of a stationer, Barry was articled to a firm of surveyors and architects until 1817, when he set out on a three-year tour of France, Greece, Italy, Egypt,

Barrymore family, U.S. theatrical family. Maurice Barrymore (orig. Herbert Blythe; 1847/49–1905) made his stage debut in London before moving to New York City (1875), where he adopted Barrymore as his stage name. He joined Augustin Daly’s company and in 1876 married Georgiana Drew, of the

Drew Barrymore is an American actress, producer, and director who transitioned from child star to leading lady and is especially known for her work in romantic comedies. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Barrymore comes from a long line of famous actors, most notably

Drew Barrymore is an American actress, producer, and director who transitioned from child star to leading lady and is especially known for her work in romantic comedies. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Barrymore comes from a long line of famous actors, most notably

Ethel Barrymore was an American stage and film actress whose distinctive style, voice, and wit made her the “first lady” of the American theatre. The daughter of the actors Maurice and Georgiana Drew Barrymore, Ethel made her professional debut in New York City in 1894 in a company headed by her

Georgiana Barrymore was an actress and, with Maurice Barrymore, founder of the famous stage and screen family Barrymore, which occupied a preeminent position in American theatre in the first half of the 20th century. Georgiana Drew was the daughter of John Drew and Louisa Lane Drew, both