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Chrétien de Troyes

(Encyclopedia) Chrétien de Troyes or Chrestien de TroyesChrétien de Troyesboth: krātyăNˈ də trwä [key], fl. 1170, French poet, author of the first great literary treatments of the Arthurian legend.…

Eco, Umberto

(Encyclopedia) Eco, UmbertoEco, Umbertoəmbĕrˈtō ĕcō [key], 1932–2016, Italian novelist, essayist, and semiotics scholar. His first novel, the best-selling Il nome della rosa (1980; tr. The Name of…

Alliance for Progress

(Encyclopedia) Alliance for Progress, Span. Alianza para el Progreso, U.S. assistance program for Latin America begun in 1961 during the presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was created principally to…

Trent , city, Italy

(Encyclopedia) Trent, Ital. Trento, Latin Tridentum, city (1991 pop. 101,545), capital of Trentino–Alto Adige and of Trent prov., N Italy, on the Adige River and on the road to the Brenner Pass. It…

Carpini, Giovanni de Piano

(Encyclopedia) Carpini, Giovanni de PianoCarpini, Giovanni de Pianojōvänˈnē dā pyäˈnō kärpēˈnē [key], c.1180–1252, Italian traveler and Franciscan monk, b. Pian del Carpini (now Piano della Magione…

Albert Fawcett POLK, Congress, DE (1869-1955)

POLK Albert Fawcett , a Representative from Delaware; born in Frederica, Kent County, Del., October 11, 1869; attended public and private schools; was graduated from Delaware College (now the…

William Franklin ALLEN, Congress, DE (1883-1946)

ALLEN William Franklin , a Representative from Delaware; born in Bridgeville, Sussex County, Del., January 19, 1883; attended the public schools at Bridgeville, and Laurel, Del.; moved to Seaford…

James Miller TUNNELL, Congress, DE (1879-1957)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1947 Party: Democrat TUNNELL James Miller , a Senator from Delaware; born in Clarksville, Sussex County, Del., August 2, 1879; attended the public schools;…