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Pfitzner, Hans
(Encyclopedia) Pfitzner, HansPfitzner, Hanshäns pfĭtsˈnər [key], 1869–1949, German conductor and composer, b. Moscow. Pfitzner studied music at Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt/ Main. His music,…Foucauld, Charles, vicomte de
(Encyclopedia) Foucauld, Charles, vicomte deFoucauld, Charles, vicomte deshärl vēkôNtˈ də f&oomacr;kōˈ [key], 1858–1916, French priest and missionary in the Sahara. After a career as an army…Ferrar, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Ferrar, NicholasFerrar, Nicholasfĕrˈər [key], 1592–1637, English theologian. He was associated (1618–23) with the Virginia Company and, with his brother John, played a notable role in…Fanshawe, Sir Richard
(Encyclopedia) Fanshawe, Sir RichardFanshawe, Sir Richardfănˈshô [key], 1608–66, English diplomat and man of letters. He was secretary to the ambassador to Spain (1635–38) and chargé d'affaires there…Child, Lydia Maria
(Encyclopedia) Child, Lydia Maria, 1802–80, American author and abolitionist, b. Lydia Maria Francis, Medford, Mass. She edited (1826–34) the Juvenile Miscellany, a children's periodical. She and her…Garbo, Greta
(Encyclopedia) Garbo, Greta, 1905–90, American film actress, b. Stockholm, Sweden, as Greta Gustafsson. Garbo's success in the Swedish film The Atonement of Gösta Berling (1923) brought her to…Grant, Cary
(Encyclopedia) Grant, Cary, 1904–86, British movie actor, b. Bristol as Archibald Alexander Leach. He began on stage in 1923 and made his first film in 1932. An almost immediate hit, Grant was a…Goldberg, Rube
(Encyclopedia) Goldberg, Rube (Reuben Lucius Goldberg), 1883–1970, American cartoonist and sculptor, b. San Francisco. After drawing cartoons for San Francisco newspapers, he moved to New York City.…Vidocq, Eugène François
(Encyclopedia) Vidocq, Eugène FrançoisVidocq, Eugène Françoisûzhĕnˈ fräNswäˈ vēdôkˈ [key], 1775–1857, French detective. After a career of crime for which he had been imprisoned, he joined the Paris…Washo
(Encyclopedia) WashoWashowäˈshō [key], Native North Americans occupying the region around Washo and Tahoe lakes in W Nevada and E California in the mid-19th cent. The Paiute were their inveterate…Trending
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