Sir Walter Leaf (26 November 1852, Upper Norwood – 8 March 1927, Torquay) was an English banker, classical scholar, and psychical researcher. He published...
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A leaf (pl.: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis...
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Commentary (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985), p. 51; and Walter Leaf, ed., Books I–XII, vol. I of The Iliad. 2nd ed. (London: Macmillan, 1900)...
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Leaf (born 1985), Juneau Jumper National and Jr. Olympic jump rope champion T. J. Leaf (born 1997), Israel-born American NBA basketball player Walter...
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Earl of Derby, at Project Gutenberg The Iliad of Homer, by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Meyers, at Project Gutenberg The Iliad of Homer, by Samuel...
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Walter Matthau (/ˈmæθaʊ/ MATH-ow; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American screen and stage actor, known for his "hangdog...
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A New Leaf is a 1971 American black comedy film written and directed by Elaine May in her directorial debut, based on the short story "The Green Heart"...
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a prose translation (1879) of Homer's Odyssey, and with E. Myers and Walter Leaf in a prose version (1883) of the Iliad, both still noted for their archaic...
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McCartney Shows His Non-Rock Roots With 'Leaf'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 94. Everett, Walter (1999). The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver...
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Leafcutter ant (redirect from Leaf-cutting ant)
into 3.55 m individuals. Leafcutter ants are any of at least 55 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the three genera Atta, Acromyrmex, and Amoimyrmex...
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plain, as do Herodotus, Xenophon, Polybius, and Livy. Historians such as Walter Leaf have speculated on its location, but have not managed to identify the...
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His brother was Sir Walter Leaf. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1936". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2013. "Leaf, Herbert (LF873H)". A...
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with which the banks could repay their obligations. Leading banker Walter Leaf described these Treasury notes as "essentially a War Loan free of interest...
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Vaughan. Another daughter, Charlotte Symonds, married the classicist Walter Leaf. Henry James used some details of Symonds's life, especially the relationship...
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Flag of Canada (redirect from Maple leaf flag)
ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured one stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre. It is the first flag to have been adopted by both...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in...
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The leaf muntjac, leaf deer or Putao muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis) is a small species of muntjac. It was documented in 1997 by biologist Alan Rabinowitz...
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this time. According to a reconstruction, based on the myth of Tenes, Walter Leaf stated that the first inhabitants of the island could be Pelasgians,...
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Lord Midleton, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Lord Chalmers, Lord Inchape, Walter Leaf, Lord Cowdray. It persuaded approximately 150 MPs to sign a demand for...
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Deroplatys desiccata (redirect from Giant Dead Leaf Mantis)
com/vincek/speciesofmantids.htm Species of mantids: Dead Leaf Praying Mantid Mielewczik, Michael; Liebisch, Frank; Walter, Achim; Greven, Hartmut (2012). "Near-Infrared...
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Study of Shakespeare's Versification (1920). Bayfield collaborated with Walter Leaf and A. W. Verrall on numerous commentaries on the works of Sophocles...
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Leaf (GML) is a gold bullion coin that is issued annually by the Government of Canada. It is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The Gold Maple Leaf...
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Walter Francis Ulmer Jr. (born April 2, 1929) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. Born in Bangor, Maine, Walter Ulmer graduated...
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classicist Cyril Bailey, and her cousin was the classical scholar Sir Walter Leaf. Her mother was Gemma Creighton, who was a daughter of Bishop of London...
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eventually erected in 1986. He was the grandson of the classics scholar Walter Leaf and the great-grandson of poet John Addington Symonds, and was married...
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A falling leaf (also called a rudder stall or oscillation stall) is a maneuver in which an aircraft performs a wings-level stall (the airplane stops flying...
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Winchester Bible (section The Morgan Leaf)
leaf shows scenes from the lives of Samuel on the recto and of King David on the verso. The Morgan Leaf was painted by the Master of the Morgan Leaf,...
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door was open. In the second séance Piper mentioned the name Darwin. Walter Leaf who attended séances with Piper testified to her "equally unsatisfactory...
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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain...
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Fifty Poems of Hafiz, p. 90, containing a translation of this poem by Walter Leaf. Avery, Peter; Heath-Stubbs, John (1952). Hafiz of Shiraz: Thirty Poems...
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