Florence Matilda Read (1886 – 1973) was an American college president and academic administrator. She was president of Spelman College from 1927 to 1953...

and Sisters Chapel, one of the main buildings on campus, was erected Florence M. Read, (1927) under whom the school established an endowment fund of over...

Florence Nightingale OM RRC DStJ (/ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing...

suffragist Florence M. Read, college president Hercules Read (1857–1929), British archaeologist and curator at the British Museum Leonard Read (1898–1983)...

Florence Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Firenze), formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore [katteˈdraːle...

(acting) Myron Winslow Adams, 1923 to 1929 John Hope, 1929 to 1936 Florence M. Read, 1936 to 1937 Rufus Early Clement, 1937 to 1967 Thomas D. Jarrett,...

Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track...

(Winter 1987-1988), pp. 46-47 A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Rufus E. Clement and Horace M. Bond" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive...

Florence Mabel Harding (née Kling; August 15, 1860 – November 21, 1924) was the first lady of the United States from 1921 until her husband's death in...

College In office 1910–1927 Preceded by Harriet E. Giles Succeeded by Florence M. Read Personal details Born 1932 (1932) West Brooksville, Maine Died 1932...

College Sarah Ann Dickey, 1869 - founder of Mount Hermon Female Seminary Florence M. Read, 1909 - former president, Spelman College Yau Tsit Law, 1916 - dean...

1985 drama film Mask. Rocky Dennis was born in Glendora, California, to Florence "Rusty" Tullis and Roy Dennis in 1961. When he was very young, Dennis frequently...

based in Florence include Kona Ice. Florence is well known in surrounding cities for a water tower visible from I-71/I-75 that reads "Florence Y'all"....

Florence M. Rice (March 22, 1919 – March 19, 2020) was an American Harlem-based consumer activist and educator, particularly known for her work in advocating...

Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 3rd Baronet, JP, DL (12 November 1819 – 5 December 1889), was the son of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his second...

was spurred by Lionel Trilling's E. M. Forster: A Study, which called him "the only living novelist who can be read again and again and who, after each...

since, with Dante's body remaining in Ravenna. The front of his tomb in Florence reads Onorate l'altissimo poeta — which roughly translates as "Honor the most...

architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting...

heavy concentration in blue chip companies. Read was born on October 23, 1921, to George and Florence Ray Read into an indigent family that managed a farm...

the greasy spoon, and fellow waitresses and friends, sassy, man-hungry Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry (Polly Holliday), and neurotic, scatterbrained Vera...

an important year of his life, Escher traveled through Italy, visiting Florence, San Gimignano, Volterra, Siena, and Ravello. In the same year, he traveled...

Florence Laura Goodenough (August 6, 1886 – April 4, 1959) was an American psychologist and professor at the University of Minnesota who studied child...

Switzerland and several North Italian cities, including Turin, Livorno, and Florence. He recorded his impressions of those trips in the essay "Winter Notes...

Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, 1886 – December 28, 1938) was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is...

day she would find the man of her dreams. Harding had married his wife, Florence in 1891 and was involved in a long and passionate affair with Carrie Fulton...

(1861–1940): 2nd wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt Richard M. Tobin (1866–1952): 2nd husband of Florence Adele Sloane William Jay Schieffelin (1866–1955): husband...

Federations (IAAF) in 1936. The current record is 10.49 seconds set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988. To June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before...

Florence Moltrop Kelley (September 12, 1859 – February 17, 1932) was an American social and political reformer who coined the term wage abolitionism. Her...

anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith-Joyner set the official world record for the women's 100 m of 10.49 s. A 1995 report commissioned...

Florence Rena Sabin (November 9, 1871 – October 3, 1953) was an American medical scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science; she was the first woman...