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Selfridge, Harry Gordon
(Encyclopedia) Selfridge, Harry Gordon, 1858–1947, American-British retail merchant, b. Ripon, Wis. He moved to Chicago in 1876, where he started a successful 25-year career at Marshall Field &…Takahashi, Korekiyo
(Encyclopedia) Takahashi, KorekiyoTakahashi, Korekiyokōrāˈkēō täˌkähäˈshē [key], 1854–1936, Japanese statesman and financier. Long an official of the Yokohama Specie Bank, he became its president in…Esterhazy, Ferdinand Walsin
(Encyclopedia) Esterhazy, Ferdinand WalsinEsterhazy, Ferdinand Walsinĕsˈtərhäˌzē, Fr. fĕrdēnäNˈ välsăNˈ ĕstĕräzēˈ [key], 1847–1923, French army officer, member of a French family possibly related to…John V, Byzantine emperor
(Encyclopedia) John V (John Palaeologus)John Vpālˌēŏlˈəgəs [key], 1332–91, Byzantine emperor (1341–91), son and successor of Andronicus III. Forced to fight John VI (John Cantacuzene), who usurped…Morland, George
(Encyclopedia) Morland, George, 1763–1804, English genre, animal, and landscape painter. A pupil of his father, Henry Morland (1716–97), a London portrait painter, he left his father's studio when he…Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
(Encyclopedia) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), officially the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, independent U.S. government agency responsible for most of the federal oversight…Hamilton, Emma, Lady
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765?–1815, mistress of the British naval hero Horatio Nelson. Born Emma Lyon, she became the mistress of Charles Greville, then of Sir William Hamilton,…Campagnola, Domenico
(Encyclopedia) Campagnola, DomenicoCampagnola, Domenicodōmĕˈnēkō kämpänyôˈlä [key], 1500–c.1564, painter and engraver. Although Campagnola worked exclusively in Italy, there are documents indicating…Tung Chee-hwa
(Encyclopedia) Tung Chee-hwa, 1937–, Hong Kong business and political leader, b. Shanghai. The son of C. Y. Tung, a businessman who left China as the Communists were coming to power, Tung entered the…Law, John
(Encyclopedia) Law, John, 1671–1729, Scottish financier in France, b. Edinburgh. After killing a man in a duel (1694) he fled to Amsterdam, where he studied banking. Returning to Scotland (1700), he…Trending
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