Kathleen Kuiper
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Kathleen Kuiper was Senior Editor, Arts & Culture, Encyclopædia Britannica until 2016. She also edited Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature.
Primary Contributions (115)
Themistocles was an Athenian politician and naval strategist who was the creator of Athenian sea power and the chief saviour of Greece from subjection to the Persian empire at the Battle of Salamis in 480 bce. Themistocles’ father, Neocles, came of the aristocratic Lycomid family and was not poor,…
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“The Most Perfect Refreshment”: A Garden Quiz
Lemurs: Fact or Fiction?
World Dumplings
Bits and Bobs: Collage and Assemblage
Thereby Hangs a Tail: Famous Horses
Women’s History: Famous Suffragettes
Poetry: First Lines
Writers’ Retreats
Cross-gender Pseudonyms
Food in Literature: Fact or Fiction?
Literary Devices
Name that Mark
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Women’s History: Famous Women of Paris
Paris at Random
10 Places in (and around) Paris
9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (And What They Tell Us)
What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments
Malta: 8 Claims to Fame
9 Cemeteries to Die For
Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art
Behind the Scenes: 12 Historical Figures in Wolf Hall
8 Creepy Critters in the Work of Edgar Allan Poe
List of Lists: 6 Extremely Random Historical Catalogs
Christening Pluto’s Moons
7 Women Warriors
