The Renaissance was one of the great moments of the human spirit, comparable perhaps only to Athens in the times of Pericles. It was also the first time that Europe noticeably moved ahead of all other contemporary civilizations. As usual, the background was economic.
Nolan Lyons (1884) Marc Pickering (1897) Enoch Malachi Nucky Thompson, played by Steve Buscemi, is the protagonist of the series Boardwalk Empire. He is very loosely based on the real New Jersey politician Enoch L. Johnson (1883-1968), who was in control of Atlantic City for two decades, between 1911 and 1931.
It is also used in the title of juvenile fiction novels including Kay Hoflander's The Chautauqua Kids and the Fuddy Duddy Daddy: A Tale of Pancakes & Baseball, Uncle Fuddy-Duddy Rabbit Tales by Roy Windham and Polly Rushton. and Uncle Fuddy-Duddy Learns to Fly!.