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Pierre KoenigAge: 78 modern architect known for his industrial-style glass-and-steel homes, most of which grace southern California. His Case Study House #22 is one of the most photographed…Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de
(Encyclopedia) Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau deMaupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau depyĕr lwē môrōˈ də mōpĕrtüēˈ [key], 1698–1759, French mathematician and astronomer. For his skillful support of…Walter, Bruno
(Encyclopedia) Walter, Bruno, 1876–1962, German-American conductor, b. Berlin as Bruno Walter Schlesinger. Walter studied at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. After he had conducted in several German…Walter Reed Army Medical Center
(Encyclopedia) Walter Reed Army Medical Center, former major military hospital complex in Washington, D.C., and Forest Glen, Md. The original facility, Walter Reed General Hospital, named for U.S.…Walter of Henley
(Encyclopedia) Walter of Henley or Walter de Henley, fl. 13th cent., English writer on agriculture. His treatise Husbandry, written in Norman French in the mid-13th cent., was the great medieval…Mapes, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Mapes, Walter: see Map, Walter.de la Mare, Walter
(Encyclopedia) de la Mare, Walterde la Mare, Walterdə lə mâr [key], 1873–1956, English poet and novelist. For many years he worked in the accounting department of the Anglo-American Oil Company. Much…Walter Sans Avoir
(Encyclopedia) Walter Sans Avoir, Fr. Gautier Sans-Avoir, d. 1096, French Crusader, known as Walter the Penniless. He joined Peter the Hermit as leader of an army to the Holy Land. In what came to be…Walter, Thomas Ustick
(Encyclopedia) Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804–87, American architect, b. Philadelphia. In 1819 he entered the office of William Strickland in Philadelphia as a student. In 1830 he began practice, the…Hampden, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Hampden, WalterHampden, Walterhămˈdən [key], 1879–1955, American actor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., whose original name was Walter Hampden Dougherty. He made his first appearance in London in…Trending
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