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Kilham, Alexander
(Encyclopedia)Kilham, Alexander kĭlˈəm [key], 1762–98, English Methodist minister, founder of the Methodist New Connection. He took a leading part in Methodist affairs after the death of John Wesley, advocatin...Czartoryski
(Encyclopedia)Czartoryski chärtôrĭsˈkē [key], Polish princely family. Although of ancient lineage, it rose to prominence only in the 17th cent., and in the 18th cent. during the reign of the Saxon kings of Pol...Savonarola, Girolamo
(Encyclopedia)Savonarola, Girolamo jērōˈlämō sävōnärōˈlä [key], 1452–98, Italian religious reformer, b. Ferrara. He joined (1475) the Dominicans. In 1481 he went to San Marco, the Dominican house at Fl...Archipenko, Alexander
(Encyclopedia)Archipenko, Alexander ärkhĭpĕnˈkō [key], 1887–1964, Ukrainian-American sculptor, b. Kiev. He moved to Moscow in 1906 and to Paris in 1908. There he began to adapt cubist technique to sculpture....Maurocordatos, Alexander
(Encyclopedia)Maurocordatos, Alexander: see Mavrokordatos. ...Borgia, Rodrigo
(Encyclopedia)Borgia, Rodrigo: see Alexander VI. ...Bach system
(Encyclopedia)Bach system: see Bach, Alexander.Stirling, Lord
(Encyclopedia)Stirling, Lord: see Alexander, William. ...Stamboliski, Aleksandr
(Encyclopedia)Stamboliski, Aleksandr: see Stambuliski, Alexander. ...Nasmyth, Patrick
(Encyclopedia)Nasmyth, Patrick: see Nasmyth, Alexander. ...Browse by Subject
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