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Brewer's: Painter of the Graces
Andrea Appiani is so called. (1754-1817.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Painter of NaturePainter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…Grace Kelly Biography
Grace Kellyactress, Princess of MonacoBorn: 11/12/1929Birthplace: Philadelphia Academy Award-winning film actress whose cool beauty launched her career in such films as The Country Girl (1954), Dial…Rainier III
(Encyclopedia) Rainier IIIRainier IIIrĕnyāˈ [key], 1923–2005, prince of Monaco (1949–2005), a member of the Grimaldi family, which has ruled the tiny principality since 1297. Fiercely anti-Nazi,…Grace, princess consort of Monaco
(Encyclopedia) Grace, 1929–82, princess consort of Monaco, b. Philadelphia as Grace Patricia Kelly. She acted on stage and television in New York, and made her film debut in 1951. Cool, blonde, and…Hopper, Grace
(Encyclopedia) Hopper, Grace, 1906–92, American computer scientist, b. New York City as Grace Brewster Murray. She was educated at Vassar College and Yale (Ph.D., 1934). After teaching at Vassar (…Harbour Grace
(Encyclopedia) Harbour Grace, town, SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Conception Bay. It is a leading fishing port and has fish-processing plants. It…Hartigan, Grace
(Encyclopedia) Hartigan, Grace, 1922–2008, American painter, b. Newark, N.J. Hartigan moved to Manhattan in 1945 and began painting semiabstract canvases after her introduction to the works of the…Paley, Grace
(Encyclopedia) Paley, Grace, 1922–2007, American writer and social activist, b. the Bronx, N.Y., as Grace Goodside. In short stories mainly celebrating the lives of women, Paley paints the daily…Abbott, Grace
(Encyclopedia) Abbott, Grace, 1878–1939, American social worker, b. Grand Island, Nebr. She did notable work as director (1921–34) of the Child Labor Division of the U.S. Children's Bureau. The Child…predestination
(Encyclopedia) predestination, in theology, doctrine that asserts that God predestines from eternity the salvation of certain souls. So-called double predestination, as in Calvinism, is the added…Trending
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