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Candide: Conclusion

What Manner Candide Found Mis... Conclusion Candide had, in truth, no great inclination to marry Miss Cunegund; but the extreme impertinence of the Baron determined him to conclude…

Yolanda King Biography

social activistDied: May 15, 2007 (Santa Monica, California) Best Known as: eldest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. A social activist, motivational…

Mabel King Biography

Mabel King actress and singer who played the Wicked Witch of the West in the film and Broadway productions of The Wiz.Died: Woodland Hills, Calif., November 9, 1999Henry KimbroG - L(Joseph)…

Denmark: Kings and Queens

Harold Bluetooth, king of Denmark (935–c. 985)Sweyn, king of Denmark (986–1014)Harthacanute, king of Denmark (1035–42) and of the English (1040–42)Canute the Saint, king (1080–86) and patron…

King, Pee Wee

(Frank) singerBirthplace: Abrams, Wis.Born: 2/18/14

King Birendra Biography

King Birendra(Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva)King of NepalBorn: 12/28/1945Birthplace: Katmandu, Nepal King of Nepal who was shot to death by his son, Crown Prince Dipendra, in a massacre that…

King Abdullah Biography

King Abdullah King of Saudi Arabia (2005–)Born: 1924Birthplace: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Abdullah (formally known as Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud) officially assumed the Saudi throne in…

Sweden: Kings and Queens

Kings and Queens Karl XII (1697–1718) Ulrica Eleonora (1719–1720) Fredrik I (1720–1751) Adolf Fredrik (1751–1771) Gustaf III (1771–1792) Gustaf IV Adolf (1792–1809) Karl XIII (1809–1818)…

The Devil's Dictionary: King

by Ambrose Bierce KINDNESSKING'S EVILKING -n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king,…

Ancient Persia: Kings

Cambyses, two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia (c. 600–500 B.C.)Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire (c. 559–529 B.C…