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| Belshazzar |
according to the Old Testament, the last king of Babylon, killed by the invading Persians after being warned by a hand that wrote of his defeat on a wall. |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
an influential U.S. Supreme Court justice (1902-1932), known for exercising judicial restraint and cited frequently for the opinion he wrote for Schenck v. United States, in which he argued that freedom of speech could be limited only in cases when particular acts of expression presented a "clear and present danger" to the country or its people (b.1841--d.1935). |
| Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
U.S. author and humorist who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain (b.1835--d.1910). |
| scribe1 |
in Judaism, one of the ancient scholars who transcribed the sacred books and wrote interpretations of their teachings. [1/3 definitions] |
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