| Robert StevensRobert Stevens (d. October 5, 2001) was a photo editor employed by American Media. He was the first fatality linked to the 2001 anthrax attack on the United States. He died of pulmonary anthrax after inhaling anthrax spores at his desk at the American Med | RoofA roof is the top covering of a building that prevents the ingress of weather into the building interior. Roofing comes in sloped or 'flat' form, however roofs are never really truly flat. Flat roofs are often covered with tar and gravel and provided with | Robben IslandRobben Island ( Dutch for "seal island") is an island 12 km off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. It was first inhabited thousands of years ago when the channel dividing it from the mainland was not under water. Since the end of the 17th century, Robb |
| Roma (people)The Roma people (singular Rom along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies''. They are a traditionally nomadic people who originated in northern India but currently live worldwide, chiefly in Europe. Most Roma speak some form | Roman InquisitionThe Roman Inquisition began in 1542 when Pope Paul III established the Holy Office as the final court of appeal in trials of heresy and served as an important part of the Counter-Reformation. In reaction to the excesses of the Spanish Inquisition, it was | Romare BeardenRomare Bearden was an African American artist. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1914, his family soon moved to Harlem, an African-American neighborhood in New York City, where he founded the "306 Group", a club for Harlem's artists. During the 1940's, |
| Robert FultonRobert Fulton ( November 14, 1765 February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor. Fulton was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He may have become interested in steamboats in 1777 when (at the age of 12) he visited William Henry of Lancaste | Robert CalvertRobert Newton Calvert ( 9 March 1945- 14 August 1988) lead singer, poet and frontman of Hawkwind, intermittently from 1972-1979, who went on to a less successful, but intriguing, separate career. He was believed to have suffered from bipolar disorder. | Robin HoodRobin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor. This redistributionist form of philosophy-in-action anticipates the work of writers such as Proudhon and Karl Marx by |
