A city of northeast Massachusetts on the Merrimack River northwest of Boston. Developed by a group of industrialists in the 1820s, it was a major textile center into the first half of the 1900s. |
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American poet whose works include Life Studies (1959) and The Dolphin (1973), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. |
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American poet. A leader of the imagists, she wrote several volumes of poetry, including Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914). |
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American educator and president (1909-1933) of Harvard University. He wrote Essays on Government (1889) and Conflicts of Principle (1932). |
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American editor, poet, and diplomat. He edited the Atlantic Monthly (1857-1861) and served as US minister to Spain (1877-1880) and Great Britain (1880-1885). |
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