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Manteuffel, Edwin, Freiherr von
(Encyclopedia) Manteuffel, Edwin, Freiherr vonManteuffel, Edwin, Freiherr vonĕtˈvēn frīˈhĕr fən mänˈtoifəl [key], 1809–85, Prussian field marshal. He served in the Danish War (1864) and was appointed…MacGahan, Januarius Aloysius
(Encyclopedia) MacGahan, Januarius AloysiusMacGahan, Januarius Aloysiusməgănˈ [key], 1844–78, American newspaper correspondent. He reported the Franco-Prussian War for the New York Herald and in 1873…Hotman, François
(Encyclopedia) Hotman, FrançoisHotman, FrançoisfräNswäˈ ôtmäN [key], 1524–90, French jurist. Converted (1547) to Protestantism and implicated (1560) in the conspiracy of Amboise (see Amboise,…Hesdin, Jacquemart de
(Encyclopedia) Hesdin, Jacquemart deHesdin, Jacquemart dezhäkmärˈ də ādăNˈ [key], fl. c.1384–1411, Franco-Flemish manuscript illuminator. Jacquemart illustrated numerous books of hours, including a…Sacré-Cœur
(Encyclopedia) Sacré-CœurSacré-Cœursäkrā-körˈ [key], basilica in Paris, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is a famous landmark atop the Montmartre, from which it dominates the city. Built (…Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte dePalikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte deshärl gēyōmˈ k&oomacr;zăNˈ-môNtōbäNˈ kôNt də pälēkäōˈ [key], 1796–1878,…Freycinet, Charles de
(Encyclopedia) Freycinet, Charles deFreycinet, Charles deshärl də frāsēnāˈ [key], 1828–1923, French statesman. A mining engineer, he helped Léon Gambetta organize resistance to the Germans during the…Bourbaki, Charles Denis Sauter
(Encyclopedia) Bourbaki, Charles Denis SauterBourbaki, Charles Denis Sautershärl dənēˈ sōtāˈ b&oomacr;rbäkēˈ [key], 1816–97, French general of Greek ancestry. In the Algerian campaigns and the…Goytisolo, Juan
(Encyclopedia) Goytisolo, Juan (Juan Goytisolo Gay)Goytisolo, Juanhwän goitēsōˈlō [key], 1931–2017, Spanish writer, b. Barcelona. Goytisolo is considered among the foremost novelists who wrote in…Saint-Cloud
(Encyclopedia) Saint-CloudSaint-CloudsăN-kl&oomacr;ˈ [key], town (1990 est. pop. 28,673), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, a suburb W of Paris on the Seine River. It is a residential town…Trending
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