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Maspero, Gaston Camille Charles
(Encyclopedia) Maspero, Sir Gaston Camille CharlesMaspero, Sir Gaston Camille CharlesgästôNˈ kämēˈyə shärl mäspərōˈ [key], 1846–1916, French Egyptologist. He taught at the Collège de France and was…Sender, Ramón José
(Encyclopedia) Sender, Ramón JoséSender, Ramón Josérämōnˈhōsāˈsāndĕrˈ [key], 1902–82, Spanish novelist. A journalist, Sender fought on the side of the Loyalists in the Spanish civil war. He left…Coffin, William Anderson
(Encyclopedia) Coffin, William Anderson, 1855–1925, American landscape and figure painter and art critic, studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and under Léon Bonnat in Paris. His landscapes were…barge
(Encyclopedia) barge, large boat, generally flat-bottomed, used for transporting goods. Most barges on inland waterways are towed, but some river barges are self-propelled. There are also sailing…Tippecanoe
(Encyclopedia) TippecanoeTippecanoetĭpˌəkən&oomacr;ˈ [key], river, c.170 mi (270 km) long, rising in the lake district of NE Ind. and flowing SW to the Wabash River, near Lafayette. U.S. Gen.…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Dawn ("When night is almost done")
by EmilyDickinsonXVIThe Book of MartyrsDawn Dawn When night is almost done, And sunrise grows so near That we can touch the spaces, It 's time to smooth the hair And get the dimples…Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino
(Encyclopedia) Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino (1516–19); son of Piero de' Medici. His uncle, Pope Leo X, made the youthful Lorenzo duke of Urbino. After his early death, however,…Baroja y Nessi, Pío
(Encyclopedia) Baroja y Nessi, PíoBaroja y Nessi, Píopēˈō bärōˈhä ē nāsˈsē [key], 1879–1956, Spanish novelist from the Basque Country, member of the group of writers known as the Generation of '98.…Naidu, Sarojini
(Encyclopedia) Naidu, SarojiniNaidu, Sarojinisərōˈjĭnē nīˈd&oomacr; [key], 1879–1949, Indian poet and political leader. Born Sarojini Chattopadhyay, she was educated in Madras (now Chennai) and…Zoroaster
(Encyclopedia) ZoroasterZoroasterzōrˈōăsˌtər [key], c.628 b.c.–c.551 b.c., religious teacher and prophet of ancient Persia, founder of Zoroastrianism. Zoroaster, the name by which he is ordinarily…Trending
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