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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
(Encyclopedia)Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, 1803–73, English novelist. The son of Gen. William Bulwer and Elizabeth Lytton, he assumed the name Bulwer-Lytton in 1843 when he inherit...Calvert, George, 1st Baron Baltimore
(Encyclopedia)Calvert, George, 1st Baron Baltimore, c.1580–1632, English colonizer of North America. In 1606 he became private secretary to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, then a secretary of state. His advance ...Cottereau, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Cottereau, Jean: see Chouans.Janet
(Encyclopedia)Janet: see Clouet, Jean.Jehannet
(Encyclopedia)Jehannet: see Clouet, Jean.Mishawaka
(Encyclopedia)Mishawaka mĭshəwôkˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 42,608), St. Joseph co., N Ind., on both banks of the St. Joseph River and adjacent to South Bend; settled c.1830, inc. 1899. Mishawaka's industries ar...Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph shärl zhôzĕfˈ trävyĕsˈ də vēlĕrˈ [key], 1804–59, French caricaturist and painter, b. Switzerland. He founded and was a prolific contributor to the popu...Bleimor
(Encyclopedia)Bleimor: see Calloc'h, Jean Pierre. ...Bologne, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Bologne, Jean: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...Boulogne, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Boulogne, Jean: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...Browse by Subject
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