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Novara

(Encyclopedia) NovaraNovaranōväˈrä [key], city (1991 pop. 101,112), capital of Novara prov., Piedmont, N Italy. It is an agricultural and industrial center and a rail junction. Manufactures include…

Albert II, prince of Monaco

(Encyclopedia) Albert II, 1958–, prince of Monaco (2005–), grad. Amherst College (B.A., 1981). A member of the long-ruling Grimaldi family, he is the son of Prince Rainier III, upon whose death he…

Wittelsbach

(Encyclopedia) WittelsbachWittelsbachvĭˈtəlsbäkh [key], German dynasty that ruled Bavaria from 1180 until 1918. The family takes its name from the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach in Upper Bavaria. In…

Staudinger, Hermann

(Encyclopedia) Staudinger, Hermann, 1881–1965, German chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Halle, 1903. Staudinger held faculty positions at the Univ. of Strasbourg (1903–7), the Technical Univ. of Karlsruhe (…

Sandby, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Sandby, PaulSandby, Paulsăndˈbē [key], 1725–1809, English watercolorist and draftsman. He was employed to survey the Highlands of Scotland after the 1745 rebellion. During his years in…

Libby, Willard Frank

(Encyclopedia) Libby, Willard Frank, 1908–80, American chemist, b. Grand Valley, Colo., grad. Univ. of California (B.S., 1931; Ph.D., 1933). He taught (1933–45) at the Univ. of California and was a…

Antwerp, province, Belgium

(Encyclopedia) Antwerp Antwerp ănˈtwûrp [key], Du. Antwerpen, Fr. Anvers, province, 1,104 sq mi (2,859 sq km), N Belgium, bordering on the Netherlands in the north. Antwerp…

Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli, marchese d'

(Encyclopedia) Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli, marchese d'Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli, marchese d'mäsˈsēmō täpärĕlˈlē märkāˈzā dädzāˈlyō [key], 1798–1866, Italian premier and author, b. Turin. He studied…

Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

(Encyclopedia) Díaz del Castillo, BernalDíaz del Castillo, Bernalbārnälˈ dēˈäth dĕl kästēˈlyō [key], c.1492–1581, Spanish conquistador and chronicler. He had served in the New World under various…