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Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope
(Encyclopedia) Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope: see Hope, Anthony.Adam, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Adam, RobertAdam, Robertădˈəm [key], 1728–92, and James Adam, 1730–94, Scottish architects, brothers. They designed important public and private buildings in England and Scotland and…Silvestre de Sacy
(Encyclopedia) Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de.Avon, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia) Avon, 1st earl of: see Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon.Aesop's Fables: The Ant
by Aesop The Pack-Ass, the Wild Ass, and the LionThe Frogs and the WellThe Ant Ants were once men and made their living by tilling the soil. But, not content with the results of their own…Adam, James
(Encyclopedia) Adam, James: see Adam, Robert.Adam de la Halle
(Encyclopedia) Adam de la HalleAdam de la HalleädäNˈ də lä äl [key] or Adam le BossuAdam le Bossulə bōsüˈ [key], c.1240–1287, French dramatist and poet-musician, one of the great trouvères. Many of…Ma, Jack
(Encyclopedia) Ma, Jack, 1964–, Chinese business executive and on-line retailing pioneer, whose Chinese name is Ma YunMa, Jack,mä yün [key]. He taught English at Hangzhou Institute of Electronics and…Eve, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) Eve [Heb.,=life], in the Bible, the first woman, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. Fashioned from Adam's rib, she was beguiled by the serpent into eating the…aardvark
(Encyclopedia) aardvarkaardvarkärdˈvärk [key] [Du.,=ground pig], nocturnal mammal of the genus Orycteropus, sole representative of the order Tubulidentata. There are two species, one in central…Trending
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