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(Encyclopedia) AuerstedtAuerstedtouˈərshtĕt [key], village, Thuringia, S central Germany. At Auerstedt on Oct. 14, 1806 (the same day Napoleon I triumphed at Jena), French Marshal Louis Nicholas…Rebel Without a Cause <span class="date" >(1955)</span>
Director: Nicholas RayCast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and Dennis Hopper Oh, to be young and on the fringe. Dean first made it cool in this classic melodrama about alienation and set…Tokyo, University of
(Encyclopedia) Tokyo, University of, at Tokyo, Japan; founded in 1877. In the 1920s it became one of the first Imperial universities and remains one of the most prestigious in Japan. It offers…Copernicus, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Copernicus, NicholasCopernicus, Nicholaskōpûrˈnĭkəs [key], Pol. Mikotaj Kopérnik, 1473–1543, Polish astronomer. After studying astronomy at the Univ. of Kraków, he spent a number of…Hawksmoor, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect involved in the development of most of the great buildings of the English baroque. From the age of 21 he assisted Sir Christopher Wren…Herkimer, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Herkimer, Nicholas, 1728–77, American Revolutionary general. He was born in a German colony near the present town of Herkimer, N.Y. He served in the French and Indian War and was…Hilliard, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Hilliard, Nicholas, 1537–1619, English miniature painter, son of a goldsmith. Trained first as a jeweler, he was court painter to Elizabeth and to James I. The first true miniaturist…Longworth, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Longworth, Nicholas, 1869–1931, American legislator, b. Cincinnati. A lawyer, he practiced in Cincinnati, where his family had long been prominent. He served (1899–1903) in the Ohio…Udall, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Udall, Nicholas, 1505–56, English dramatist, educated at Oxford. He was headmaster of Eton (1534–41) and of Westminster School (from 1554). His one extant play, Ralph Roister Doister (…Stone, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Nicholas, 1586–1647, English sculptor and mason, b. Devonshire. He rose to a position of highest importance as a decorative sculptor, working after designs by Inigo Jones. His…Trending
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