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Reggio nell' Emilia
(Encyclopedia) Reggio nell' EmiliaReggio nell' Emiliarĕdˈjō [key]Reggio nell' Emilianĕlˌāmēˈlyä [key], city (1991 pop. 132,030), capital of Reggio nell' Emilia prov., in Emilia-Romagna, N central…Emilia-Romagna
(Encyclopedia) Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna āmēˈlyä-rōmäˈnyä [key], region, 8,542 sq mi (22,124 sq km), N central…Brewer's: Emilia
(in Shakespeare's Othello). Wife of Iago. She is induced by her husband to purloin Desdemona's handkerchief, which Iago conveys to Cassio's chamber, and tells the Moor that Desdemona had…Clarke, Mary Victoria (Novello) Cowden
(Encyclopedia) Clarke, Mary Victoria (Novello) Cowden: see under Clarke, Charles Cowden.Clarke, Charles Cowden
(Encyclopedia) Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787–1877, English lecturer and author. He was a close friend of Keats, who was a pupil of Clarke's father. Clarke's lectures on Shakespeare were published as…Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de
(Encyclopedia) Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa dePardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa deāmēˈlyä kōndāˈsä dā pärˈᵺō bäthänˈ [key], 1852–1921, Spanish novelist and critic. Her biography of St. Francis of Assisi…Clarke, Arthur C.
(Encyclopedia) Clarke, Arthur C. (Sir Arthur Charles Clarke), 1917–2008, British science fiction writer. During World War II he served as a radar instructor and aviator in the Royal Air Force. After…Bazán, Emilia Pardo
(Encyclopedia) Bazán, Emilia Pardo: see Pardo Bazán.Clarke, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Clarke, Samuel, 1675–1729, English philosopher and divine. His chief interest was rational theology, and, although a critic of the deists, he was in sympathy with some of their ideas.…Coddington, William
(Encyclopedia) Coddington, William, 1601–78, one of the founders of Rhode Island, probably b. Boston, England. He came to America in 1630 as an officer of the Massachusetts Bay Company and was its…Trending
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