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Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse

(Encyclopedia) Laveran, Charles Louis AlphonseLaveran, Charles Louis Alphonseshärl lwē älfôNsˈ lävəräNˈ [key], 1845–1922, French physician. While an army surgeon in Algiers he discovered (1880) the…

Münch, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Münch, CharlesMünch, Charlesshärl münsh [key], 1891–1968, French conductor and violinist, b. Alsace. Having conducted and directed orchestras in Paris (1933–48), Münch appeared for…

Montmagny, Charles Jacques Huault de

(Encyclopedia) Montmagny, Charles Jacques Huault deMontmagny, Charles Jacques Huault deshärl zhäk üōˈ də môNmänyēˈ [key], fl.1622–54, governor of New France (1636–48). He was an administrator in New…

Tiffany, Charles Lewis

(Encyclopedia) Tiffany, Charles LewisTiffany, Charles Lewistĭfˈənē [key], 1812–1902, American merchant, b. Killingly, Conn. He founded the famous jewelry firm of Tiffany and Company, New York City.…

Babbage, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Babbage, CharlesBabbage, Charlesbăbˈĭj [key], 1792–1871, English mathematician and inventor. He devoted most of his life and expended much of his private fortune and a government…

Ockeghem, Johannes

(Encyclopedia) Ockeghem, JohannesOckeghem, Johannesyōhänˈəs ŏkˈəgĕm [key], c.1410–1497, Flemish composer. Ockeghem is thought to have been a pupil of Gilles Binchois and was definitely taught by…

Hampden, John

(Encyclopedia) Hampden, JohnHampden, Johnhămpˈdən, hămˈ– [key], 1594–1643, English parliamentary leader; cousin of Oliver Cromwell. He entered Parliament in 1621, became closely associated with Sir…

Ives, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Ives, CharlesIves, Charlesīvz [key], 1874–1954, American composer and organist, b. Danbury, Conn., grad. Yale, 1898; pupil of Dudley Buck and Horatio Parker. He was an organist (1893–…

Stuart, Charles Edward

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Charles Edward, 1720–88, claimant to the British throne, b. Rome. First son of James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender), he was known as Bonnie Prince Charlie…