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Mississippi Scheme
(Encyclopedia) Mississippi Scheme, plan formulated by John Law for the colonization and commercial exploitation of the Mississippi valley and other French colonial areas. In 1717 the French merchant…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Notes on Queen Mab
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 9NOTE ON QUEEN MAB, BY MRS. SHELLEYNotes on Queen Mab Shelley's Notes 1. 242, 243:- The sun's unclouded orb Rolled through the black concave. Beyond our…Ledoux, Claude Nicolas
(Encyclopedia) Ledoux, Claude NicolasLedoux, Claude Nicolasklōd nēkôläˈ ləd&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1736–1806, French architect. He built palaces and various public buildings, among them the tollhouses (…Anquetil, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Anquetil, JacquesAnquetil, Jacqueszhäk äNkətēlˈ [key], 1934–87, French bicycle racer, b. Mont-Saint-Aignan, Normandy. Beginning to race in 1951, he won the French amateur championship…Jouvenet, Jean Baptiste
(Encyclopedia) Jouvenet, Jean BaptisteJouvenet, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ zh&oomacr;vənāˈ [key], 1644–1717, French painter, one of a family of painters. He worked in Paris in the studio of…Banach, Stefan
(Encyclopedia) Banach, StefanBanach, Stefanstĕˈfän bäˈnäkh [key], 1892–1945, Polish mathematician. He was educated at the Institute of Technology in Lviv; his doctoral thesis laid the foundations of…Wiechert, Ernst
(Encyclopedia) Wiechert, ErnstWiechert, Ernstĕrnst vēˈkhĕrt [key], 1887–1950, German novelist. His works, distinguished by a poetic prose style, generally deal with his native East Prussia and the…Zunz, Leopold
(Encyclopedia) Zunz, LeopoldZunz, Leopoldlāˈōpôlt ts&oobreve;ntsˈ [key], 1794–1886, German Jewish scholar. His critical research on Judaism became one of the cornerstones of the “science of…Arnauld
(Encyclopedia) ArnauldArnauldärnōˈ [key], French family involved in Jansenism (see under Jansen, Cornelis). The name is also spelled Arnaut or Arnault. The leader was a nun, Marie Angélique de Sainte…France, Anatole
(Encyclopedia) France, AnatoleFrance, Anatoleänätôlˈ fräNs [key], pseud. of Jacques Anatole ThibaultFrance, Anatolezhäk, tēbōˈ [key], 1844–1924, French writer. He was probably the most prominent…Trending
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