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Jarrell
U.S. poet and critic. Born in Nashville, Tenn., he taught at the Univ. of N. Carolina (Greensboro) from 1947 until his death. As a critic, he revitalized the reputations of R. Frost, W. Whitman, and W. C. Williams in the 1950s; his criticism is collected in Poetry and the Age (1953), A Sad Heart at the Supermarket (1962), and the posthumous Third Book of Criticism (1969). His poems appeared in Little Friend, Little Friend (1945) and Losses (1948), both drawing on his wartime experiences, and such later collections as The Seven-League Crutches (1951) and The Woman at the Washington Zoo (1960). He was killed when he stepped in front of a moving car.


Carrel
French surgeon, sociologist, and biologist. He received a 1912 Nobel Prize for developing a way to suture (stitch) blood vessels and laid the groundwork for further studies of blood-vessel and organ transplantation. He also researched preservation of tissues outside the body and the application of the process to surgery, and helped develop the Carrel-Dakin method of flushing wounds with an antiseptic. His writings include Man, the Unknown (1935), The Culture of Organs (with C. Lindbergh, 1938), and Reflections on Life (1952).


Farrell
U.S. novelist and short-story writer. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the Univ. of Chicago, he is known for his realistic portraits of the city's lower-middle-class Irish population, drawn from his own experiences. His well-known Studs Lonigan trilogy--Young Lonigan (1932), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and Judgment Day (1935)--traces the self-destruction of a spiritually crippled young man. He later planned a cycle of 25 novels, of which he completed 10. Of the 25 novels he published, The Face of Time (1953) is among the best. He also produced 17 short-story collections.


Harrods
Renowned London department store. It was founded by a miller, Henry Charles Harrod, as a grocery store in 1849. The store expanded in the late 1800s, and many new departments were added. Though Harrods still sells gourmet food, it now emphasizes fashionable clothing. Known for its zealous customer service, it is considered the best department store in Britain. In 1985 it was bought by Mohammed al-Fayed (b.1933).


Jarry
French writer. He went to Paris to live on his inheritance at 18; after exhausting it, he led a life of calculated buffoonery. His farce Ubu Roi (1896), considered a forerunner of theater of the absurd and of Surrealism, featured the grotesque Pè re Ubu, who becomes king of Poland. Jarry followed it with two sequels, one of which was published posthumously. The brilliant imagery and wit of his stories, novels, and poems usually lapse into incoherence and unintelligible symbolism. A heavy drinker, he died at 34.


Warren
Town (pop., 1990: 11,000), E Rhode Island. Located near Providence, it was settled in 1632 and was originally part of ...

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