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Verlaine, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Verlaine, PaulVerlaine, Paulpōl vĕrlĕnˈ [key], 1844–96, French poet. He gained some notice with the Parnassian poetry of Poèmes saturniens (1866) and Fêtes galantes (1869) and became a…

Carus, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Carus, Paul, 1852–1919, American philosopher, born and educated in Germany. For many years he was editor of the Open Court and the Monist, periodicals devoted to philosophy and…

Berg, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Berg, Paul, 1926–2023, American biologist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Western Reserve Univ., 1952. A professor at Washington Univ. at St.…

Biya, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Biya, PaulBiya, Paulbēyĕ [key], 1933–, Cameroonian political leader. Educated in Cameroon and France, where he studied at the Sorbonne and other institutions, he joined Cameroon's…

Whiteman, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Whiteman, Paul, 1891–1967, American conductor, b. Denver. Whiteman played viola in the Denver Symphony Orchestra and in 1915 joined the San Francisco Symphony. During World War I he…

Valéry, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Valéry, PaulValéry, Paulpōl välārēˈ [key], 1871–1945, French poet and critic. A follower of the symbolists, Valéry was one of the greatest French poets of the 20th cent. He was…

Phygellus

(Encyclopedia) PhygellusPhygellusfĭjĕlˈəs [key], in the New Testament, man who turned away from Paul.

Crescens

(Encyclopedia) CrescensCrescenskrĕsˈənz [key], in the New Testament, companion of Paul, a missionary in Galatia.

Crispus

(Encyclopedia) CrispusCrispuskrĭsˈpəs [key], in the New Testament, prominent Corinthian Jew converted by St. Paul.

Peter II, king of Yugoslovia

(Encyclopedia) Peter II, 1923–70, king of Yugoslavia (1934–45). He succeeded under the regency of his cousin, Prince Paul, when his father, King Alexander, was assassinated in Marseilles. In World…