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Alexander Dubcek Biography
Alexander DubcekCzechoslovakian statesmanBorn: 11/27/1921Birthplace: Uhrovek, Slovakia Dubcek joined the Communist Party in 1939 and became the Party's first secretary in 1968. His economic…Percy, William Alexander
Percy, William Alexander[1885-1942](1)Born in Greenville, Miss., May 14, 1885. Was prepared for college chiefly by a Roman Catholic priest; went to the University of the South, at Sewanee,…Brewer's: Alexander the Corrector.
Alexander Cruden, author of the “Concordance to the Bible,” who petitioned Parliament to constitute him “Corrector of the People,” and went about constantly with a sponge to wipe out the…Brewer's: Alexander of the North
Charles XII of Sweden, so called from his military achievements. He was conquered at Pultowa, in Russia (1709), by Czar Peter the Great (1682–1718). Repressing here The frantic Alexander…Brewer's: Alexander and the Robber
The robber's name was Diomedes. —Gesta Romanorum, cxlvi. You are thinking of Parmenio, and I of Alexander i.e., you are thinking what you ought to receive, and I what I ought to give;…Brewer's: Alexander's Beard
A smooth chin, no beard at all. An Amazonian chin. “Disgracëd yet with Alexander's bearde.” Gascoigne: The Steele Glas. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Persian Alexander
(The). Sandjar (1117-1158). (See Alexander.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Persian BucephalosPersevere A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Jason Alexander Biography
Jason Alexander(Jay Scott Greenspan)actorBorn: 09/23/1959Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Jason Alexander is known to most Americans as George Costanza, Jerry Seinfeld's neurotic friend on the hit TV…Alexander I, czar of Russia
(Encyclopedia) Alexander I, 1777–1825, czar of Russia (1801–25), son of Paul I (in whose murder he may have taken an indirect part). In the first years of his reign the liberalism of his Swiss tutor…Cassander
(Encyclopedia) CassanderCassanderkəsănˈdər [key], 358–297 b.c., king of Macedon, one of the chief figures in the wars of the Diadochi. The son of Antipater, he was an officer under Alexander the…Trending
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