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Stuart, Gilbert

(Encyclopedia) Stuart, Gilbert, 1755–1828, American portrait painter, b. North Kingstown, R.I., best known for his portraits of George Washington. Having shown an early talent for drawing, he became…

champagne, sparkling white wine

(Encyclopedia) champagnechampagneshămpānˈ [key], sparkling white wine made from grapes grown in the old French province of Champagne. The best champagne is from that part of the Marne valley whose…

Mary Stuart 2002 Deaths

Mary StuartAge: 76 actress who played Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Vincente Tourneur on Search for Tomorrow and Meta Bauer on The Guiding Light. Died: New York City, Feb. 28, 2002Joe Strummer R…

Stuart Bowen, 2006 News

public official, has served as Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction since Oct. 2004, issuing about 300 reports that have been highly critical of the reconstruction in Iraq. He…

Lyle Stuart 2006 Deaths

Lyle StuartAge: 83 publisher of controversial books, including The Anarchist Cookbook; The Turner Diaries, an anti-government manifesto; and the best-selling hoax novel Naked Came the…

Mary Stuart Masterson Biography

Mary Stuart Masterson actress, writer, directorBorn: 6/28/1966Birthplace: New York City The daughter of actress Carlin Glynn and screenwriter, director, and actor Peter Masterson, Mary Stuart…

Jacobites

(Encyclopedia) JacobitesJacobitesjăkˈəbītsˌ [key], adherents of the exiled branch of the house of Stuart who sought to restore James II and his descendants to the English and Scottish thrones after…

Stuart, Alexander, earl of Buchan

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Alexander, earl of BuchanStuart or Stewart, Alexander, earl of Buchanbŭkhˈan, bŭkˈ– [key], 1343?–1405?, Scottish nobleman; fourth son of Robert II. He held various…

Robert II, king of Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Robert II, 1316–90, king of Scotland (1371–90), nephew and successor of David II. He was the first sovereign of the house of Stuart, or Stewart (see Stuart, family), which eventually…