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Maria Theresa

(Encyclopedia) Maria TheresaMaria Theresamərēˈə tərāˈzə [key], 1717–80, Austrian archduchess, queen of Bohemia and Hungary (1740–80), consort of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and dowager empress after…

Koch

(Encyclopedia) KochKochkōk [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Fred Chase Koch, 1900–1967, b. Quanah, Tex., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1922, was a Wichita…

Henry the Lion

(Encyclopedia) Henry the Lion, 1129–95, duke of Saxony (1142–80) and of Bavaria (1156–80); son of Henry the Proud. His father died (1139) while engaged in a war to regain his duchies, and it was not…

Wettin

(Encyclopedia) WettinWettinvĕtˈĭn [key], German dynasty, which ruled in Saxony, Thuringia, Poland, Great Britain, Belgium, and Bulgaria. It takes its name from a castle on the Saale near Halle. The…

2004 Deaths: R - Z

Nuha al-RadiJohnny RamoneTony RandallDavid RaskinRonald ReaganChristopher ReeveDavid ReimerAlexandra RipleyLaurance RockefellerMarvin RunyonJohn SackFrançoise SaganPierre SalingerIsabel…

2004 Deaths: G - L

GenevièveNicolai GhiaurovJoe GoldThomas GoldJerry GoldsmithOlivia GoldsmithSpalding GrayVirginia GreyUta HagenAnthony HechtSyd HoffGodfrey Newbold HounsfieldBart HowardUlrich InderbinenJ. J.…

Outstanding Breeder

Outstanding BreederYear 1971 Paul Mellon1972 C.T. Chenery1973 C.T. Chenery1974 John W. Galbreath1975 Fred W. Hooper1976 Nelson Bunker Hunt1977 Edward P. Taylor1978 Harbor View Farm1979…