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Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: 200-Meter Dash
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Netherlands 24.40 1952 Marjorie Jackson, Australia 23.70 1956…Louis II, king of Naples
(Encyclopedia) Louis II, 1377–1417, king of Naples (1384–1417), duke of Anjou, count of Provence, son and successor of Louis I of Naples. In 1389 the antipope Clement VII (Robert of Geneva) invested…Citrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Citrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st BaronCitrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baronsĭtrēnˈ [key], 1887–1983, English trade union leader. An electrician, he became district secretary…Brill
(Encyclopedia) Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys BrillMattys Brillmäˈtīs [key], 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. Paul…Quesnel, Pasquier
(Encyclopedia) Quesnel, PasquierQuesnel, Pasquierpäskyāˈ kĕnĕlˈ [key], 1634–1719, French Jansenist writer. He entered the Congregation of the Oratory in 1657 and was made director of the seminary at…Bandinelli, Bartolomeo
(Encyclopedia) Bandinelli, BartolomeoBandinelli, Bartolomeobärtölōmāˈō bändēnĕlˈlē [key] or BaccioBacciobätˈchō [key], 1493?–1560, Florentine sculptor and painter; son of a goldsmith. He attempted to…Brussels griffon
(Encyclopedia) Brussels griffon, breed of sturdy toy dog developed in Belgium in the 18th and 19th cent. It stands about 8 in. (20.3 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 6 to 12 lb (2.7–5.5 kg).…Brown, Herbert Charles
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Herbert Charles, 1912–2004, American chemist, b. London, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1938. A professor at Wayne State Univ. (1943–47) and Purdue Univ. (1947–78), he shared the 1979…Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia
(Encyclopedia) Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia, 1848–1928, English actress. Of a prominent theatrical family, she made her debut at nine as Mamillius in Charles Kean's production of The Winter's Tale. She…Walton, Sir William Turner
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sir William Turner, 1902–83, English composer, b. Oldham. Walton studied at Oxford. One of his earliest works was a piano quartet (1918–19). In 1923, Façade, satirical poems by…Trending
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