Elk River, river rising as Bradley Creek in the Cumberland Mountains, Grundy county, southern Tennessee, U.S. The river meanders approximately 200 miles (320 km) southwestward through Franklin and Lincoln counties, past Fayetteville, across the southeastern corner of Giles county, and into Alabama.

Elk River, river of southeastern Kansas, U.S. It rises at the confluence of several headstreams near Howard and flows 80 miles (130 km) southeast past Elk City to join the Verdigris River just north of Independence. The river is dammed at Elk City to form a reservoir for flood control and

Elkesaite, member of a Jewish sect that arose in the vicinity of Trans-Jordanic Palestine around 100 ad. The sect was most noted for its practice of ritual baptism. Named after either a visionary leader named Elkesai or the book of revelation that bore his name, the group followed most Jewish laws,

Elkesaite: …either a visionary leader named Elkesai or the book of revelation that bore his name, the group followed most Jewish laws, believed in the power of total-immersion baptism to remit sins, and may have practiced a form of communion with bread and salt.

Elkesaite, member of a Jewish sect that arose in the vicinity of Trans-Jordanic Palestine around 100 ad. The sect was most noted for its practice of ritual baptism. Named after either a visionary leader named Elkesai or the book of revelation that bore his name, the group followed most Jewish laws,

Elkhart, city, Elkhart county, northern Indiana, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the St. Joseph and Elkhart rivers, 15 miles (24 km) east of South Bend. Elkhart was laid out in 1832 at the junction of Indian trails and derives its name from an island at the confluence of the rivers that was known

Goshen College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Goshen, Ind., U.S. It is a Mennonite liberal arts college that offers bachelor of arts degree programs in fine arts, humanities, sciences, Bible and religion, business, computer and information science, Hispanic ministries,

Theodore Roosevelt National Park: …South Unit, and the central Elkhorn Ranch—and has a total area of 110 square miles (285 square km). Park headquarters are in the South Unit at Medora.

Battle of Pea Ridge, (March 7–8, 1862), bitterly fought American Civil War clash in Arkansas, during which 11,000 Union troops under General Samuel Curtis defeated 16,000 attacking Confederate troops led by Generals Earl Van Dorn, Sterling Price, and Ben McCulloch. Following a fierce opening

number theory: Number theory in the 20th century: …and computer muscle, the American Noam Elkies discovered that 2,682,4404 + 15,365,6394 + 18,796,7604 = 20,615,6734—a stupendous counterexample that destroyed Euler’s conjecture. (The number on the right contains 30 digits, so there is little wonder that Euler missed it.)

totemism: Lévi-Strauss: …also critiqued the findings of A.P. Elkin, a specialist on Australia, where totemism had already played a special role in the formation of anthropological and sociological theories and where it exhibits an abundance of forms. Elkin had also differentiated four forms: individual totemism; social totemism—i.e., totemism that is in a…

Stanley Elkin was an American writer known for his extraordinary flights of language and imaginative tragicomic explorations of contemporary life. Elkin grew up in a Jewish family in Chicago. He received a B.A. (1952), M.A. (1953), and Ph.D. (1961) from the University of Illinois at

Stanley Elkin was an American writer known for his extraordinary flights of language and imaginative tragicomic explorations of contemporary life. Elkin grew up in a Jewish family in Chicago. He received a B.A. (1952), M.A. (1953), and Ph.D. (1961) from the University of Illinois at

Elkins, city, seat (1899) of Randolph county, eastern West Virginia, U.S. It lies along the Tygart Valley River, about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Clarksburg. A rural settlement originally known as Leadsville, the town was laid out after the arrival of the Western Maryland Railway and was renamed

Elkins: Senator Stephen Benton Elkins, who helped bring the railroad to Elkins. Livestock, timber, and limestone are important to the economy; the city also has light manufactures. Davis and Elkins College (1904), named for Senator Elkins and his father-in-law, U.S. Senator Henry G. Davis, is a private…

Elko, county, northeastern corner of Nevada, U.S., bordering Idaho on the north and Utah on the east. The county is mountainous, including the Independence, Ruby, and Pequop ranges, with occasional valleys and a high plateau in the northwest, and contains two large segments of Humboldt National

Elko, city, seat (1869) of Elko county, northeastern Nevada, U.S., in the Humboldt River valley. It originated in 1868 as a construction camp along the Central Pacific Railroad. Fancifully named by railroad construction superintendent Charles Crocker for the high desert’s abundant elk, the town

Elkton, town, seat (1786) of Cecil county, northeastern Maryland, U.S. It lies near the Delaware state line, 21 miles (34 km) west-southwest of Wilmington. It was patented as Friendship in 1681 but was later known as Head of Elk (for its location at the head of the Elk River); its present name was

measurement system: Medieval systems: A good example is the ell, the universal measure for wool cloth, the great trading staple of the Middle Ages. The ell of Champagne, two feet six inches, measured against an iron standard in the hands of the Keeper of the Fair, was accepted by Ypres and Ghent, both in…

Joanna Lumley: …and the Giant Peach (1996), Ella Enchanted (2004), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Paddington 2 (2017), Finding Your Feet (2017), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (2021). In addition, she lent her voice to various projects, including Corpse Bride (2005).

Ethiopia: From prehistory to the Aksumite kingdom: …6th century, Emperor Caleb (Ella-Asbeha; reigned c. 500–534) was strong enough to reach across the Red Sea in order to protect his coreligionists in Yemen against persecution by a Jewish prince. However, Christian power in South Arabia ended after 572, when the Persians invaded and disrupted trade. They were…

Ignacio Ellacuría was a Spanish-born El Salvadoran Jesuit priest, academic, philosopher, theologian, and human rights activist who was a major contributor to the development of liberation theology in Latin America. Ellacuría joined the Jesuits at their novitiate in Loyola, Spain, at the age of 17.

Isle of Man, one of the British Isles, located in the Irish Sea off the northwest coast of England. The island lies roughly equidistant between England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom but rather is a crown possession (since 1828) that is

Isle of Man, one of the British Isles, located in the Irish Sea off the northwest coast of England. The island lies roughly equidistant between England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom but rather is a crown possession (since 1828) that is

Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. Geography has greatly influenced the country’s development. Mountains historically restricted internal communications, but the sea opened up wider horizons. The total land area of Greece (one-fifth of which is made up of the Greek

Canadian literature: Fiction: Douglas Glover’s Rabelaisian Elle (2003) chronicles the adventures of a young French woman marooned during Jacques Cartier’s 1541–42 voyage to Canada. Douglas Coupland spawned a new vocabulary with Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (1991).

Paul Verhoeven: …the Cannes film festival for Elle (2016). The French film examines the responses of a woman (Isabelle Huppert) to having been raped.

Elle, women’s fashion magazine founded in France in 1945 by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon and owned by the Lagardère Group of France. Its name is the French word for “she.” Elle features articles on fashion, beauty, and style but also covers health and fitness, food, travel,

Stephen J. Elledge is an American geneticist known for his discoveries of genes involved in cell-cycle regulation and DNA repair. Elledge’s elucidation of the genetic controls guiding those processes enabled critical insight into common molecular mechanisms of cancer development, opening up new

Stephen J. Elledge is an American geneticist known for his discoveries of genes involved in cell-cycle regulation and DNA repair. Elledge’s elucidation of the genetic controls guiding those processes enabled critical insight into common molecular mechanisms of cancer development, opening up new

Megadeth: Formation and debut album: …Los Angeles, he soon recruited David Ellefson, a bassist from rural Minnesota. The two were eventually joined by guitarist Chris Poland and drummer Gar Samuelson, two musicians from Dunkirk, New York. Megadeth quickly forged a sonically aggressive combination of intricate dual-guitar work and fast-thudding bass and

Ellen DeGeneres: …Mine; its name changed to Ellen the following season. The show was a success, earning nominations for Golden Globe, American Comedy, and Emmy awards. In 1997 DeGeneres revealed that she was gay, and Ellen became the first prime-time show to feature an openly gay lead character. After the show ended…

Ellen DeGeneres: …her own syndicated talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which aired from 2003 to 2022. The show earned more than 20 Daytime Emmy Awards in its first five seasons.

Cloris Leachman: …was a cast member on The Ellen Show (2001–02; starring Ellen DeGeneres) and had a recurring role on Touched by an Angel (1997–2003). From 2001 to 2006 she portrayed Grandma Ida on Malcolm in the Middle, earning Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2006. She later played Maw Maw on the…

Ellen DeGeneres: She then hosted Ellen’s Game of Games (2017– ), a TV series that selected members from her daytime audience to compete in a variety of often absurd competitions. DeGeneres also emceed a number of awards shows, notably the Academy Awards in 2007 and 2014. Her first comedy special…

Ellen Beach Yaw was an American operatic soprano who enjoyed critical and popular acclaim on European and American stages during the early 20th century. Yaw gave perhaps her first public concert in Brooklyn in 1888. Six years later, to raise money for European study, she made her first national

victimology: …von Hentig, Benjamin Mendelsohn, and Henri Ellenberger) examined victim-offender interactions and stressed reciprocal influences and role reversals. These pioneers raised the possibility that certain individuals who suffered wounds and losses might share some degree of responsibility with the lawbreakers for their own misfortunes. For example, the carelessness of some motorists…

Edward Law, earl of Ellenborough was a British governor-general of India (1842–44), who also served four times as president of the Board of Control for India and was first lord of the British Admiralty. He was recalled from India for being out of control and later resigned another office under

Edward Law, earl of Ellenborough was a British governor-general of India (1842–44), who also served four times as president of the Board of Control for India and was first lord of the British Admiralty. He was recalled from India for being out of control and later resigned another office under

Ave Maria!, song setting, the third of three songs whose text is derived of a section of Sir Walter Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake (1810) by Austrian composer Franz Schubert. It was written in 1825. Probably because of the song’s opening words, Schubert’s melody has since been adopted for use

Ellensburg, city, seat (1883) of Kittitas county, central Washington, U.S., on the Yakima River, 28 miles (45 km) north of Yakima. The first white man settled there in 1867, and three years later the valley’s first trading post, called Robbers Roost, was opened. The community bore that name until

Aiken: Race riots in Hamburg and Ellenton in 1876 led to Aiken county’s becoming a centre for the political white supremacy movement during and after the Reconstruction era.

Minnesota Vikings: …Fame members (Alan Page and Carl Eller) and an efficient passing attack led by another future Hall of Fame member, quarterback Fran Tarkenton. Tarkenton paved the way for scrambling quarterbacks by being one of the first signal-callers to use his legs to make plays. The Vikings qualified for the playoffs…

Bryher was a British novelist, poet, and critic, best known for her historical fiction. She was also a cofounder and coeditor of Close-Up, an authoritative journal on silent motion pictures. Bryher, the daughter of British shipping magnate Sir John Ellerman, traveled extensively throughout Europe,

Juliette Binoche: …One (2011) and the drama Elles (2011). Binoche had supporting roles in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis (2012), the action remake Godzilla (2014), and The 33 (2015), which was based on the Chile mine rescue of 2010. She starred opposite Clive Owen as an artist and teacher afflicted by

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: The documenter of Montmartre: …works is more significant than Elles, a series done in 1896, presenting a sensitive portrayal of brothel life. Toulouse-Lautrec spent lengthy periods observing the actions and behavior of prostitutes and their clients. The resulting 11 works revealed these individuals as human beings, with some of the same strengths and many…

magnoliid clade: Ecology and habitats: …single genus of beetles (Elleschodes); if the beetles become extinct, so probably will Eupomatia.

Thomas Telford: …agent and engineer to the Ellesmere Canal Company. His two great aqueducts, which carry this canal over the Ceiriog and Dee valleys in Wales at Chirk and Pontcysyllte (Pont Cysylltau), employed a novel use of troughs of cast-iron plates fixed in the masonry. These brought him national fame. Employed in…

Ellesmere Island, largest island of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin region, Nunavut territory, Canada, located off the northwest coast of Greenland. The island is believed to have been visited by Vikings in the 10th century. It was seen in 1616 by the explorer William Baffin and was named in

Ellesmere Port and Neston, former borough (district), Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority, historic county of Cheshire, northwestern England, extending from the River Mersey to the River Dee at the southern end of the Wirral peninsula. Ellesmere Port is very much a 20th-century creation.

Lake Ellesmere, coastal lagoon, eastern South Island, New Zealand, just west of Banks Peninsula. It measures 14 by 8 miles (23 by 13 km) and is 70 square miles (180 square km) in area. Receiving runoff from a 745-square-mile (1,930-square-kilometre) basin through several streams, principal of which

Thomas Egerton, Viscount Brackley was an English lawyer and diplomat who secured the independence of the Court of Chancery from the common-law courts, thereby formulating nascent principles of equitable relief. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, and called to the bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 1572,

Charles Ellet was an American engineer who built the first wire-cable suspension bridge in America. After working for three years as a surveyor and assistant engineer, he studied at the École des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, and traveled in France, Switzerland, and Great Britain, studying engineering

Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet was an American historical writer, best remembered for her several extensive volumes of portraits of American women of the Revolutionary War and of Western pioneer days. Elizabeth Lummis began writing verse as a child. She was educated at the Female Seminary in Aurora,

Sigrid Undset: Childhood: …her works—from Elleve aar (1934; Eleven Years), in which she tells of her childhood, to the story of her flight from Nazi-occupied Norway, published originally in English as Return to the Future (1942; Norwegian Tillbake til fremtiden). Her mother, Charlotte Undset (née Gyth), was Danish, and both of her parents…

Tuvalu, country in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It is composed of nine small coral islands scattered in a chain lying approximately northwest to southeast over a distance of some 420 miles (676 km). The de facto capital is the village of Vaiaku, where most government offices are located. It is

Malala Yousafzai: Childhood and early activism: …The New York Times reporter Adam Ellick worked with Yousafzai to make a documentary, Class Dismissed, a 13-minute piece about the school shutdown. Ellick made a second film with her, titled A Schoolgirl’s Odyssey. The New York Times posted both films on their Web site in 2009. That summer she…

Howard: The county seat, Ellicott City (formerly Ellicott’s Mills), became the first railroad terminus in the United States (1830) as part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The planned community of Columbia was founded in the mid-1960s.

Howard: The county seat, Ellicott City (formerly Ellicott’s Mills), became the first railroad terminus in the United States (1830) as part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The planned community of Columbia was founded in the mid-1960s.

Washington, D.C.: The creation of Washington: …new capital city; meanwhile, surveyor Andrew Ellicott surveyed the 100-square-mile (260-square-km) territory with the assistance of Benjamin Banneker, a self-educated free Black man. The territory surveyed by Ellicott was ceded by Maryland, a slave state, and Virginia, the Southern state with the largest slave population, thus contributing to a significant…

Maurice Gee: Ellie and the Shadow Man (2001) chronicles the meandering life of a woman who ultimately becomes a successful painter. Gee continued to investigate his preoccupation with family secrets in such works as The Scornful Moon (2003), which centres on the efforts of a former journalist…

Saturday Night Fever: Soundtrack: …Gees and contributions by Tavares, Yvonne Elliman, the Trammps, Kool & the Gang, and KC & the Sunshine Band. Wildly successful, the chart-topping album earned the Bee Gees three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: “Stayin’ Alive,” “Night Fever,” and “How Deep Is Your Love.” Elliman’s “If I Can’t…

bog body: …as well as those of Elling Woman, which were found nearby, are on display at the Silkeborg Museum in Silkeborg, Denmark.

gas-turbine engine: Developments of the early 20th century: …was built in 1903 by Aegidus Elling of Norway. In this machine, part of the air leaving a centrifugal compressor was bled off for external power use. The remainder, which was required to drive the turbine, passed through a combustion chamber and then through a steam generator where the hot…

Tri-State Tornado of 1925: …1:00 pm local time in Ellington, Missouri. It caught the town’s residents by surprise, as the weather forecast had been normal. (To prevent panic among the public, tornado forecasting was not practiced at the time, and even the word “tornado” had been banned from U.S. weather forecasts since the late…

Ntozake Shange: (1997), Daddy Says (2003), and Ellington Was Not a Street (2004).

Duke Ellington was an American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in all of Western

Duke Ellington was an American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in all of Western

Chris Froome: …the attention of British coach Rod Ellingworth, who was impressed by his climbing skills and willing to overlook his inexperience and his tendency to crash during twisty Alpine descents. Though he raced for Kenya, Froome held a British passport, and Ellingworth encouraged him to apply for a British racing license…

Greece: The role of the Orthodox church: …fiery nationalist polemic the “Ellinikhí Nomarkhía” (“Hellenic Nomarchy”) in 1806 was a bitter critic of the sloth and self-indulgence of the higher clergy, while Adamántios Koraïs, the intellectual mentor of the national revival, though careful to steer between what he termed the Scylla of superstition and the Charybdis of…

Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. Geography has greatly influenced the country’s development. Mountains historically restricted internal communications, but the sea opened up wider horizons. The total land area of Greece (one-fifth of which is made up of the Greek

EDES, nationalist guerrilla force that, bolstered by British support, constituted the only serious challenge to EAM-ELAS control of the resistance movement in occupied Greece during World War II. Led by Gen. Napoleon Zervas, EDES was originally liberal and antimonarchist, but it moved steadily to

Alexandros Papagos: …a new political party, the Greek Rally, which soon became the strongest political force in Greece. Enjoying wide popularity and modeling himself after Charles de Gaulle, Papagos led his party to a decisive victory in the elections of November 1952 and became premier. He died in office.

Elliot family, fictional characters in the novel Persuasion (1817) by Jane Austen. The head of the family is Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall, who is immensely vain on account of his good looks and distinguished ancestry. His oldest daughter, Elizabeth, is a snob like her father; unable to find a

Elliot Lake, city, Algoma district, south-central Ontario, Canada. It lies along the Elliot and Horne lakes, midway between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury and about 15 miles (25 km) north of Lake Huron’s North Channel. Established in 1954 as a planned community when uranium ore was discovered in the

short-tailed shrew: carolinensis), and Elliot’s (B. hylophaga) short-tailed shrew. Blarina is one of many genera classified with “true shrews” of the family Soricidae in the order Soricimorpha, which belongs to a larger group of mammals referred to as insectivores. Their evolutionary history extends back to the late Pliocene Epoch…

the Mamas and the Papas: ), (“Mama”) Cass Elliot (original name Ellen Naomi Cohen; b. September 19, 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—d. July 29, 1974, London, England), and Dennis Doherty (b. November 29, 1941, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada—d. January 19, 2007, Mississauga, Ontario).

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st earl of Minto was the governor-general of India (1807–13) who successfully restrained the French in the East Indies. Gilbert and his brother Hugh studied in Paris under the supervision of the philosopher David Hume, then secretary to the British embassy.

Herb Elliott is an Australian middle-distance runner who was world-record holder in the 1,500-metre (metric-mile) race (1958–67) and the mile race (1958–62). As a senior runner, he never lost a mile or a 1,500-metre race. Elliott began running competitively at the age of eight. He ran his first

the Mamas and the Papas: ), (“Mama”) Cass Elliot (original name Ellen Naomi Cohen; b. September 19, 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—d. July 29, 1974, London, England), and Dennis Doherty (b. November 29, 1941, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada—d. January 19, 2007, Mississauga, Ontario).

China: Western challenge, 1839–60: …was replaced in 1836 by Charles Elliot.

China: The first Opium War and its aftermath: …and Elliot and his cousin, George Elliot, were appointed joint plenipotentiaries to China (though the latter, in poor health, resigned in November). In June, 16 British warships arrived in Hong Kong and sailed northward to the mouth of the Bei River to press China with their demands. Charles Elliot entered…

Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th earl of Minto was the governor general of Canada (1898–1905) and viceroy of India (1905–10); in India he and his colleague John Morley sponsored the Morley–Minto Reforms Act (1909). The act moderately increased Indian representation in government but was

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st earl of Minto was the governor-general of India (1807–13) who successfully restrained the French in the East Indies. Gilbert and his brother Hugh studied in Paris under the supervision of the philosopher David Hume, then secretary to the British embassy.

isoprenoid: Isoprenoids of plants and animals: elliotinoic. The latices of a few species of plants contain the polyterpene hydrocarbons rubber or gutta-percha. Certain other species, including related species, of plants may be characterized by the presence of menthol, citral, camphor, limonene, or α-pinene.

John Elliotson was an English physician who advocated the use of hypnosis in therapy and who in 1849 founded a mesmeric hospital. He was one of the first teachers in London to emphasize clinical lecturing and was one of the earliest of British physicians to urge use of the stethoscope. After

Kenneth Anger: Elliott’s Suicide (2007) is an elegy for singer Elliott Smith, who committed suicide in 2003. Ich Will! (2008; “I Want!”) consists of spliced-together Nazi propaganda footage.

Schitt’s Creek: Cast of characters: …waitress; Mayor Roland Schitt (Chris Elliott); and Jocelyn Schitt (Jennifer Robertson), the mayor’s wife and the Jazzagals’ coordinator. Major love interests for the Rose children include Patrick Brewer (Noah Reid), who marries David, and veterinarian Ted Mullens (Dustin Milligan), who helps Alexis mature into a successful and independent person.

Denholm Elliott was a British actor who appeared in many supporting character roles in theater, in motion pictures, and on television during his 47-year career. He was a three-time winner of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for best supporting actor. Elliott was

Dallas Cowboys: …back and fellow first-year sensation Ezekiel Elliott to lead the Cowboys to an NFC-best 13–3 record but also to a loss in the team’s opening postseason game. The Cowboys failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2017 but returned there the following season, winning their first game but losing in…

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson: In 1900 he married Gertrude Elliott, who became his leading lady, appearing with him in such plays as The Light That Failed, Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, and, one of his biggest successes, Jerome K. Jerome’s Passing of the Third Floor Back. Forbes-Robertson was knighted in 1913 and retired in…

Harriet Wiseman Elliott was an American educator and public official, a highly effective teacher and organizer who held a number of governmental advisory roles during the administrations of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Elliott attended the academy of Park College in Parkville, Missouri,

Herb Elliott is an Australian middle-distance runner who was world-record holder in the 1,500-metre (metric-mile) race (1958–67) and the mile race (1958–62). As a senior runner, he never lost a mile or a 1,500-metre race. Elliott began running competitively at the age of eight. He ran his first

James F. Elliott was an American track and field coach who led Villanova University’s Wildcats to eight national collegiate team championships and coached 28 Olympic competitors, five of whom—Ron Delany, Charlie Jenkins, Don Bragg, Paul Otis Drayton, and Larry James—won gold medals, during his 46

James F. Elliott was an American track and field coach who led Villanova University’s Wildcats to eight national collegiate team championships and coached 28 Olympic competitors, five of whom—Ron Delany, Charlie Jenkins, Don Bragg, Paul Otis Drayton, and Larry James—won gold medals, during his 46

James F. Elliott was an American track and field coach who led Villanova University’s Wildcats to eight national collegiate team championships and coached 28 Olympic competitors, five of whom—Ron Delany, Charlie Jenkins, Don Bragg, Paul Otis Drayton, and Larry James—won gold medals, during his 46

Marianne Elliott is a British stage director who is known for her inventive productions, which notably included War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Elliott was the daughter of director Michael Elliott, a cofounder of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and his

Marianne Elliott is a British stage director who is known for her inventive productions, which notably included War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Elliott was the daughter of director Michael Elliott, a cofounder of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and his

Missy Elliott is an American rapper and music producer who made a mark on the male-dominated hip-hop world with her talents for writing, rapping, singing, and music production. From an early age, Elliott demonstrated a knack for performance, and her big break came in 1991 when Jodeci band member

Missy Elliott is an American rapper and music producer who made a mark on the male-dominated hip-hop world with her talents for writing, rapping, singing, and music production. From an early age, Elliott demonstrated a knack for performance, and her big break came in 1991 when Jodeci band member