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Aleandro, Girolamo
(Encyclopedia) Aleandro, GirolamoAleandro, Girolamojērôˈlämō älāänˈdrō [key], 1480–1542, Italian scholar, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is also called Hieronymus Aleander. A principal in…Amsdorf, Nikolaus von
(Encyclopedia) Amsdorf, Nikolaus vonAmsdorf, Nikolaus vonnēˈkōlous fən ämsˈdôrf [key], 1483–1565, German Protestant reformer. He became a devoted supporter of Martin Luther. Elector John Frederick I…Venantius Fortunatus, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Venantius Fortunatus, Saint (Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus)Venantius Fortunatus, Saintvēnănˈshəs fôrˌty&oomacr;nāˈtəs [key], d. c.600, Latin poet, b. near Treviso,…Blest Gana, Alberto
(Encyclopedia) Blest Gana, AlbertoBlest Gana, Albertoälbārˈtō blĕst gäˈnä [key], 1830–1920, Chilean novelist. He is considered the principal 19th-century Spanish-American realist. Although as a…Synge, Richard Laurence Millington
(Encyclopedia) Synge, Richard Laurence Millington, 1914–94, British biochemist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1941. Synge was a researcher at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, from 1943 to 1948…Netherlands Antilles
(Encyclopedia) Netherlands Antilles, former autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of several islands in the West Indies. Earlier known as the Dutch West Indies and…lacquer
(Encyclopedia) lacquer, solution of film-forming materials, natural or synthetic, usually applied as an ornamental or protective coating. Quick-drying synthetic lacquers are used to coat automobiles…Albany Regency
(Encyclopedia) Albany Regency, name given, after 1820, to the leaders of the first political machine, which was developed in New York state by Martin Van Buren. The name derived from the charge that…holiday
(Encyclopedia) holiday [altered from holy day], day set aside for the commemoration of an important event. Holidays are often accompanied by public ceremonies, such as parades and carnivals, and by…Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Part I
Part I: Youth 1929 1948 1951 1953 1954 1955 Next: Early Activism 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr., is born in Atlanta to teacher Alberta King and Baptist minister Michael…Trending
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