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Julius Caesar ALFORD, Congress, GA (1799-1863)

ALFORD Julius Caesar , a Representative from Georgia; born in Greensboro, Ga., May 10, 1799; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lagrange…

Julius Caesar BURROWS, Congress, MI (1837-1915)

Senate Years of Service: 1895-1911 Party: Republican BURROWS Julius Caesar , a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in North East, Erie County, Pa., January 9, 1837; moved with his…

Robinson, Edward G.

(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Edward G., 1893–1973, American movie actor, b. Bucharest, Romania, as Emmanuel Goldberg. He made his stage debut in New York City in 1915. A short, tough-looking man,…

Everdingen, Allart van

(Encyclopedia) Everdingen, Allart vanEverdingen, Allart vanälˈärt vän āˈfərdĭngən [key], 1621–75, Dutch painter and etcher. Although he worked primarily in Haarlem and Amsterdam, the scenery of…

Vanini, Lucilio

(Encyclopedia) Vanini, LucilioVanini, Luciliol&oomacr;chēˈlyō vänēˈnē [key], c.1585–1619, Italian philosopher, who gave himself the name Julius Caesar. A freethinker, he was persecuted for his…

Borgia, Cesare

(Encyclopedia) Borgia, Cesare or CaesarBorgia, Cesare or Caesarchāˈzärā [key]Borgia, Cesare or Caesar bōrˈjä [key], 1476–1507, Italian soldier and politician, younger son of Pope Alexander VI and an…

Königsmark, Countess Maria Aurora

(Encyclopedia) Königsmark, Countess Maria AuroraKönigsmark, Countess Maria Auroramärēˈä our&oomacr;ˈrä köˈnĭksmärk [key], 1666–1728, Swedish noblewoman; sister of Count Philipp Christoph…

Foot, Samuel Augustus

(Encyclopedia) Foot, Samuel Augustus, 1780–1846, American politician, b. Cheshire, Conn. He served as a Democratic Republican in the Connecticut legislature (1817–18, 1821–23, 1825–26) and in the U.S…

Saxe-Weimar

(Encyclopedia) Saxe-WeimarSaxe-Weimarsăks-vīˈmär [key], Ger. Sachsen-Weimar, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. The area passed in the division of 1485 to the Ernestine branch of the Wettin…

Fréjus

(Encyclopedia) Fréjus Fréjus frāzhüsˈ [key], town, Var dept., SE France. With adjoining Fréjus-Plage…