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Tyler, Anne
(Encyclopedia) Tyler, Anne, 1941–, American novelist, b. Minneapolis. Her witty and perceptive fiction, which is often set in the American South and frequently in and around Baltimore, portrays vivid…Treisman, Anne
(Encyclopedia) Treisman, Anne, 1935–2018, British cognitive psychologist, b. Anne Marie Taylor, Ph.D. Oxford, 1962. She taught at Oxford from 1968, the Univ. of British Columbia from 1978, Univ. of…Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de
(Encyclopedia) Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal deRetz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal dezhäN fräNswäˈ pōl də gôNdēˈ, də rĕts [key], 1613–79, French prelate and political leader. He…Savary, Anne Jean Marie René
(Encyclopedia) Savary, Anne Jean Marie RenéSavary, Anne Jean Marie Renéän zhäN märēˈ rənāˈ sävärēˈ [key], 1774–1833, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He presided (1804) at the trial of the duc…Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse de
(Encyclopedia) Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse deLongueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse deän zhənəvyĕvˈ də b&oomacr;rbôNˈ-kôNdāˈ düshĕsˈ də lôNgvēlˈ [key],…Montmorency, Anne, duc de
(Encyclopedia) Montmorency, Anne, duc deMontmorency, Anne, duc demŏntˌmərĕnˈsē, Fr. än dük də môNmôräNsēˈ [key], 1493?–1567, constable of France. He was made a marshal (1522) by Francis I, was…Anne of Austria
(Encyclopedia) Anne of Austria, 1601–66, queen of France, daughter of King Philip III of Spain. Married to the French king Louis XIII (1615), she was neglected by her husband and sought the society…Ascot
(Encyclopedia) AscotAscotăsˈkət [key], town, Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England. The famous horse races instituted by Queen Anne in 1711 are held annually in June on Ascot Heath. Ascot remains…Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de
(Encyclopedia) Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deMontpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deän märēˈ lwēz dôrlāäNˈ düshĕsˈ də mŏpäsyāˈ [key], 1627–93, French princess,…Savery, William
(Encyclopedia) Savery, WilliamSavery, Williamsāˈvərē [key], 1721–87, American cabinetmaker. He is believed to have lived in Philadelphia from c.1740. Savery is noted for his artistic and original…Trending
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