…the capital of New South Wales in SE Australia; population 4,399,722 (2008). It was the first British settlement in Australia and is the country’s largest city and chief port. It has a fine natural harbour, crossed by the Sydney Harbour Bridge (opened 1932), and a striking opera house (opened 1973)…
…(1771–1845), English Anglican churchman, essayist, and wit. He is notable for his Letters of Peter Plymley (1807), which defended Catholic Emancipation…
…(1934–2008), US director; full name Sydney Irwin Pollack. Notable movies include The Way We Were (1973), Out of Africa (1985), Havana (1990), and The Firm (1993)…
… Baron (1860–1949), Belgian painter and engraver, noted for his macabre subjects; full name James Sydney Ensor. His work is significant both for symbolism and for the development of 20th-century expressionism…
…(1862–1910), American short-story writer; pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. Jailed for embezzlement in 1898, he started writing short stories in prison. Collections include Cabbages and Kings (1904) and The Voice of the City (1908)…
…(1934–2008), US director; full name Sydney Irwin Pollack. Notable movies include The Way We Were (1973), Out of Africa (1985), Havana (1990), and The Firm (1993)…
…(1910–99), English engineer, the inventor of the hovercraft; full name Christopher Sydney Cockerell…
…(1904–83), English ballet dancer and choreographer; born Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay. He was the first artistic director of the London Festival Ballet (1950–61), as well as first soloist…
