FITZ-GREENE HALLECK
\fˈɪtsɡɹˈiːn hˈalɛk], \fˈɪtsɡɹˈiːn hˈalɛk], \f_ˈɪ_t_s_ɡ_ɹ_ˈiː_n h_ˈa_l_ɛ_k]\
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An American poet; born in Guilford, Conn., July 8, 1790; died there, Nov. 19, 1867. He was one of the original trustees of the Astor Library, and held other posts of responsibility in connection with it. His best-known poems include: "Marco Bozzaris" (1827), and "Fanny". He was joint author with Joseph Rodman Drake of the "Croaker" papers, which appeared in a New York newspaper in 1819.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.