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Cenci, Beatrice

(Encyclopedia) Cenci, BeatriceCenci, Beatricebāˌätrēˈchā chānˈchē [key], 1577–99, Italian noblewoman, tragic figure of the late Renaissance. Her father, Francesco Cenci (1549–98), was a Roman noble…

Greenfield Village

(Encyclopedia) Greenfield Village, reproduction of an early American village, est. 1933 by Henry Ford at Dearborn, Mich., as part of the Edison Institute. A white-spired church, a town hall, an inn,…

Montgolfier, Joseph Michel

(Encyclopedia) Montgolfier, Joseph MichelMontgolfier, Joseph Michelzhôzĕfˈ mēshĕlˈ môNgôlfyāˈ [key], 1740–1810, and Jacques Étienne MontgolfierMontgolfier, Joseph Michelzhäk ātyĕnˈ [key], 1745–99,…

Anguier, François

(Encyclopedia) Anguier, FrançoisAnguier, FrançoisfräNswäˈ äNgyāˈ [key], 1604–69, French sculptor. He is noted for the monuments of the Longuevilles and of Jacques Souvré (Louvre). His most ambitious…

Young, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Young, Edward, 1683–1765, English poet and dramatist. After a disappointing political life he took holy orders about 1724, serving for a time as the royal chaplain before becoming…

Zane, Ebenezer

(Encyclopedia) Zane, Ebenezer, 1747–1811, American pioneer and land speculator, b. near what is now Moorefield, W.Va. (then Virginia). With his brothers Silas and Jonathan, he went west in 1769 and…

Gratz, Barnard

(Encyclopedia) Gratz, BarnardGratz, Barnardgrăts [key], 1738–1801, American merchant, b. Langensdorf, Upper Silesia. Having worked in his cousin's countinghouse in London, Gratz emigrated (1754) to…

Carducci, Bartolomeo

(Encyclopedia) Carducci or Carducho, BartolomeoCarducci or Carducho, Bartolomeobärtōlōmĕˈō kärd&oomacr;tˈchē, kärd&oomacr;ˈkō [key], 1560–1638, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect in…