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Lespinasse, Julie Jeanne Éléonore de

(Encyclopedia) Lespinasse, Julie Jeanne Éléonore deLespinasse, Julie Jeanne Éléonore dezhülēˈ zhän ālāōnôrˈ də lĕspēnäsˈ [key], 1732–76, French woman of letters. She aided (1754–64) Mme Du Deffand in…

Po Chü-i

(Encyclopedia) Po Chü-iPo Chü-ibô jü-ē [key], 772–846, Chinese poet. He occupied several important government posts, rising to the presidency of the imperial board of war in 841. He wrote over 3,000…

Judy CHU, Congress, CA (1953)

CHU Judy , a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 7, 1953; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1974; Ph.D., California School of…

Chu Hsi

(Encyclopedia) Chu HsiChu Hsij&oomacr; shē [key], 1130–1200, Chinese philosopher of Neo-Confucianism. While borrowing heavily from Buddhism, his new metaphysics reinvigorated Confucianism.…

Steven Chu Biography

Steven Chu physicist Born: 1948 Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Steven Chu shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in…

James Chu Biography

James Chucomputer entrepreneurBorn: 1957Birthplace: Taiwan Chu's first job was selling Chinese-English dictionaries and English-language instruction tapes. He later got a job with a small…

Chu Shih-chieh

(Encyclopedia) Chu Shih-chiehChu Shih-chiehj&oomacr; shŭ-jĕ [key], fl. 1280–1303, Chinese mathematician. He contributed to the study of arithmetic and geometric series and to that of finite…

Chu, Steven

(Encyclopedia) Chu, Steven, 1948–, U.S. physicist and government official, b. St. Louis, Mo., grad. Univ. of Rochester (B.S., A.B. 1970), Univ. of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1976). He worked from…

Rambouillet, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de

(Encyclopedia) Rambouillet, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise deRambouillet, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise dekätrēnˈ də vēvônˈ märkēzˈ də räNb&oomacr;yāˈ [key], 1588–1665, famous Frenchwoman, whose…

Harris, Julie

(Encyclopedia) Harris, Julie, 1925–2013, American actress, b. Grosse Point, Mich. Harris made her New York debut in It's a Gift (1945). Her versatility and power won her enormous critical acclaim,…