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Slidell, John

(Encyclopedia) Slidell, JohnSlidell, Johnslīdĕlˈ, slīˈdəl [key], 1793–1871, American political leader and diplomat, b. New York City. He became a prominent lawyer and political figure in New Orleans…

Louis the Younger

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Younger, c.830–882, German king, ruler (876–82) over Saxony, Franconia, and Thuringia, son of Louis the German. He shared the succession to his father's lands with his…

Seleucus II

(Encyclopedia) Seleucus II (Seleucus Callinicus), d. 226 b.c., king of ancient Syria (247–226 b.c.), son of Antiochus II. On his father's death there was a struggle for the throne between Seleucus…

Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de

(Encyclopedia) Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte deMontalembert, Charles Forbes, comte deshärl fôrbz kôNt də môNtäläNbĕrˈ [key], 1810–70, French political leader and writer, b. London. He went to…

Chambers, Sir William

(Encyclopedia) Chambers, Sir William, 1723–96, English architect, b. Gothenburg, Sweden. He traveled extensively in the East Indies and in China making drawings of gardens and buildings, many of…

Silva, José Asunción

(Encyclopedia) Silva, José AsunciónSilva, José Asunciónhōsāˈ äs&oomacr;nsyōnˈ sĭlˈvä [key], 1865–96, Colombian poet, one of the precursors of modernismo. Silva's life was shadowed by the loss of…

Fabergé, Peter Carl

(Encyclopedia) Fabergé, Peter CarlFabergé, Peter Carlfäbĕrzhāˈ [key], 1846–1920, Russian goldsmith and jeweler, b. St. Petersburg. Sometimes described as a latter-day Cellini, he was descended from…

Tancred, king of Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Tancred (Tancred of Lecce)Tancredtăngˈkrĭd;, lĕˈchā [key], b. 1130 or 1134, d. 1194, king of Sicily (1190–94), illegitimate son of Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II of Sicily.…

Casimir II

(Encyclopedia) Casimir II, 1138–94, duke of Poland (1177–94), youngest son of Boleslaus III. A member of the Piast dynasty, he drove his brother Mieszko III from power at Kraków in 1177 and became…

CHANDLER, A. B. (Ben), Congress, KY (1959)

CHANDLER, A. B. (Ben), (grandson of Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Versailles, Woodford County, Ky., September 12, 1959; graduated from Woodford…