ROBERT ANDERSON
\ɹˈɒbət ˈandəsən], \ɹˈɒbət ˈandəsən], \ɹ_ˈɒ_b_ə_t ˈa_n_d_ə_s_ə_n]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
An English dialect poet; born in Carlisle, Feb. 1, 1770; died there, Sept. 26, 1833. He was a mill hand who produced delightfully humorous and gracefully pathetic verse in his native Cumbrian dialect; typical examples being "The Impatient Lass", "Lucy Gray", and "The Lass abuin Thirty".
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.