Michael Ray
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
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Michael Ray earned a B.A. in history from Michigan State University in 1995. He was a teacher in the Chicago suburbs and Seoul, South Korea, prior to joining Britannica as a freelancer in 2000. Hired as a full-time copy editor in 2003, he currently works as an assistant managing editor leading the Geography and History team.
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Garth Brooks is an American country music singer-songwriter whose crossover appeal to the pop market made him the top-selling solo artist of all time. Brooks was born into a musical family; his mother had a brief recording career with Capitol Records in the 1950s. He initially exhibited little…
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