…a South American cichlid fish with velvety brown young and multicoloured adults, popular in aquaria…
…(1854–1900), Irish dramatist, novelist, poet, and wit; full name Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde. His advocacy of ‘art for art’s sake’ is evident in his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). As a dramatist he achieved success with the comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Wilde was imprisoned (1895-7) for homosexual offences and died in exile…
…(1907–2012), Brazilian architect. An early exponent of modernist architecture in Latin America, he designed the main public buildings of Brasilia (1950–60)…
…(1925–2007), Canadian jazz pianist and composer; full name Oscar Emmanuel Peterson. He became internationally famous in the 1960s, when he often appeared with Ella Fitzgerald…
…(1938-), US basketball player; full name Oscar Palmer Robertson. A guard, he led the 1960 US Olympic team to a gold medal and then played professionally for the Cincinnati Royals 1960–70 and the Milwaukee Bucks 1970–74. Basketball Hall of Fame (1980)…
…(1941-), Costa Rican president 1986–90 and 2006–10. He worked to achieve peace in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua. Nobel Peace Prize (1987)…
…(1895–1960), American librettist; full name Oscar Hammerstein II. He collaborated with various composers, most notably Richard Rodgers, with whom he wrote Oklahoma! (1943), South Pacific (1949), and The Sound of Music (1959)…
…a South American cichlid fish with velvety brown young and multicoloured adults, popular in aquaria…
…(1895–1960), American librettist; full name Oscar Hammerstein II. He collaborated with various composers, most notably Richard Rodgers, with whom he wrote Oklahoma! (1943), South Pacific (1949), and The Sound of Music (1959)…
…(1938-), US basketball player; full name Oscar Palmer Robertson. A guard, he led the 1960 US Olympic team to a gold medal and then played professionally for the Cincinnati Royals 1960–70 and the Milwaukee Bucks 1970–74. Basketball Hall of Fame (1980)…
…(1925–2007), Canadian jazz pianist and composer; full name Oscar Emmanuel Peterson. He became internationally famous in the 1960s, when he often appeared with Ella Fitzgerald…
…(1854–1900), Irish dramatist, novelist, poet, and wit; full name Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde. His advocacy of ‘art for art’s sake’ is evident in his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). As a dramatist he achieved success with the comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Wilde was imprisoned (1895-7) for homosexual offences and died in exile…
