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(Encyclopedia)Marozia mərōˈzhēə, Ital. märôˈtsyä [key], c.892–c.937, Italian noblewoman. Daughter of the Roman consul Theophylact and his wife Theodora, Marozia was strongly influenced by her mother who ...Wedemeyer, Albert Coady
(Encyclopedia)Wedemeyer, Albert Coady wĕdˈēmīˌər [key], 1897–1989, American general, b. Omaha, Nebr., grad. West Point, 1918. After service in China, the Philippines, and Europe, he was graduated (1936) fro...Barnes, Albert Coombs
(Encyclopedia)Barnes, Albert Coombs: see Barnes Foundation. ...Albert Nile
(Encyclopedia)Albert Nile, river, Uganda: see Nile. ...South Kensington Museum
(Encyclopedia)South Kensington Museum: see Victoria and Albert Museum. ...Albert the Great, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Albert the Great, Saint: see Albertus Magnus, Saint. ...Paris, Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Paris, Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, comte de: see Orléans, family. ...Hooten, Earnest Albert
(Encyclopedia)Hooten, Earnest Albert ho͞oˈtən [key], 1887–1954, American anthropologist, b. Clemansville, Wis.; grad. Lawrence College, 1907, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1911, Rhodes scholar, 1910–13. He began...Mathiez, Albert
(Encyclopedia)Mathiez, Albert älbĕrˈ mätyāˈ [key], 1874–1932, French historian, an authority on the French Revolution. He studied under Aulard, whose scientific method he adopted, although it led him to dif...Michener, James Albert
(Encyclopedia)Michener, James Albert mĭchˈnər [key], 1907–97, American author, b. New York City, grad. Swarthmore, 1929. His short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific (1947; Pulitzer Prize) was adapted...Browse by Subject
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