Greene


Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
Nathanael, 1742–86, American Revolutionary general.
Robert, 1558–92, English dramatist and poet.
Contemporary Examples

NY Couple Not Terrorists, Say Cops, Just Rich Kids With Drug Habits Michael Daly, Lizzie Crocker December 31, 2012
Kitty CATure Fashion Show, An Amazing Dog and Cat Fashion Show, Happened In New York This Weekend Lori-Lee Emshey September 29, 2013
Why Stephen Colbert Deserves South Carolina’s Senate Seat Michelle Cottle December 11, 2012
The Coolest Works at Frieze Anthony Haden-Guest October 21, 2009
Romney and Paul Team Up, Try to Snatch Santorum’s Missouri Delegates Ben Jacobs March 19, 2012

Historical Examples

Dan Carter and the Cub Honor Mildred A. Wirt
The Spirit of Lafayette James Mott Hallowell
A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare Frederick Gard Fleay
Shakespeare’s Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson
The Student’s Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving Washington Irving

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Graham. 1904–91, English novelist and dramatist; his works include the novels Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951), and Our Man in Havana (1958), and the film script The Third Man (1949)
Robert. ?1558–92, English poet, dramatist, and prose writer, noted for his autobiographical tract A Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance (1592), which contains an attack on Shakespeare

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