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(Encyclopedia)Pavlovsk pävˈləfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 25,500), NW Russia, a summer resort near St. Petersburg. Founded by Catherine the Great in 1777, it was named for Czar Paul I, for whose country estate it ...Constantine II, king of Greece
(Encyclopedia)Constantine II, 1940–2023, king of the Hellenes; also known as Constantine XIII. He was appointed regent in 1964 and succeeded to the throne the same ...Colet, John
(Encyclopedia)Colet, John kŏˈlĭt [key], 1467?–1519, English humanist and theologian. While studying on the Continent (1493–96), Colet became interested in classical scholarship and in theories of education. ...Goode, John Paul
(Encyclopedia)Goode, John Paul go͝od [key], 1862–1932, American geographer and cartographer, b. Stewartville, Minn., grad. Univ. of Minnesota, 1889, Ph.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1901. He taught geography at the ...Cajetan, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Cajetan, Saint kăjˈətăn, käˌyātänˈ [key], 1480–1547, Italian churchman and reformer. Son of the count of Thiene, he studied civil and canon law, but abandoned work as a jurist at the papal ...Paulus Diaconus
(Encyclopedia)Paulus Diaconus: see Paul the Deacon. ...Aegineta, Paulus
(Encyclopedia)Aegineta, Paulus: see Paul of Aegina. ...Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Paul Émile
(Encyclopedia)Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Paul Émile: see Boisbaudran. ...Chaillu, Paul Belloni du
(Encyclopedia)Chaillu, Paul Belloni du: see Du Chaillu. ...Passionists
(Encyclopedia)Passionists: see Paul of the Cross, Saint. ...Browse by Subject
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