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Beissel, Johann Conrad

(Encyclopedia) Beissel, Johann ConradBeissel, Johann Conradyōˈhän kônˈrät bīˈsəl [key], 1690–1768, founder of the Seventh-Day Baptist community at Ephrata, Pa. Emigrating (1720) from Germany, he…

Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand

(Encyclopedia) Meyer, Conrad FerdinandMeyer, Conrad Ferdinandkônˈrät fĕrˈdēnänt mīˈər [key], 1825–98, Swiss poet and novelist. He studied history and art and later turned to literature. He is best…

Conrad Hilton Biography

Conrad HiltonhotelierBorn: 12/25/1887Birthplace: San Antonio, New Mexico Having begun his career working in his father's store, he expanded the business and after his father's death began…

Pete Conrad Biography

Pete Conrad(Charles Conrad, Jr.)Age: 69 exuberant Apollo astronaut who was the third person to walk on the moon. He ventured into space four times during his career. Died: Ojai, Calif., July…

Arensberg, Walter Conrad

Arensberg, Walter Conrad[1878-1954](2)Mr. Arensberg has been active in the new movement in poetry and was one of the group who contributed to the yearly collection called "Others". He is the…

Ford, Ford Madox

(Encyclopedia) Ford, Ford Madox, 1873–1939, English author; grandson of Ford Madox Brown. He changed his name legally from Ford Madox Hueffer in 1919. The author of over 60 works including novels,…

Conrad, Latin king of Jerusalem

(Encyclopedia) Conrad, d. 1192, Latin king of Jerusalem (1192), marquis of Montferrat, a leading figure in the Third Crusade (see Crusades). He saved Tyre from the Saracens and became (1187) its lord…

Conradin

(Encyclopedia) ConradinConradinkŏnˈrədĭn [key], 1252–68, duke of Swabia, titular king of Jerusalem and Sicily, the last legitimate Hohenstaufen, son of Holy Roman Emperor Conrad IV. While Conradin…

Witz, Conrad

(Encyclopedia) Witz, ConradWitz, Conradkônˈrät vĭts [key], fl. c.1434–c.1447, German painter, active at Basel and Geneva. Many of the works attributed to him, such as The Synagogue and the Meeting of…