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Eckermann, Johann Peter
(Encyclopedia)Eckermann, Johann Peter yōhänˈ pāˈtər ĕkˈərmän [key], 1792–1854, German scholar and author. He assisted Goethe in various literary labors, was professor of English and German at the Univ. ...Pázmány, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Pázmány, Peter päzˈmänyə [key], 1570–1637, Hungarian churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Of a Calvinist family, he was converted to Catholicism in 1583, entered the Society of Je...Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von
(Encyclopedia)Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von poul fən lĕtˈō-fôrˈbĕk [key], 1870–1964, German general. In World War I he conducted a brilliant defense of German East Africa against vastly superior Allied power. ...West Saint Paul
(Encyclopedia)West Saint Paul, city (1990 pop. 19,248), Dakota co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul; inc. 1889. Inks, apparel, paper goods, chemicals, and medical supplies are manufactured in the city. ...Deschanel, Paul Eugéne Louis
(Encyclopedia)Deschanel, Paul Eugéne Louis dāshänĕlˈ [key], 1855–1922, president of the French republic (1920); son of Émile Deschanel. A member of the chamber of deputies from 1885 and several times its p...Paul of Samosata
(Encyclopedia)Paul of Samosata səmŏsˈətə [key], fl. 260–72, Syrian Christian theologian, heretical patriarch of Antioch. He was a friend and high official of Zenobia of Palmyra. Paul enounced a dynamic monar...Thessalonians
(Encyclopedia)Thessalonians thĕsˌəlōˈnēənz [key], two letters of the New Testament. First Thessalonians was written by St. Paul from Corinth, c.a.d. 51, and addressed to the newly founded church at Thessalon...Anna, czarina of Russia
(Encyclopedia)Anna (Anna Ivanovna) änˈnə ĭväˈnôvnə [key], 1693–1740, czarina of Russia (1730–40), daughter of Ivan V and niece of Peter I (Peter the Great). On the death of her distant cousin, Peter II,...Petrozavodsk
(Encyclopedia)Petrozavodsk pyĕtˌrəzəvôtskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 269,500), capital of Karelia, NW European Russia, a port on Lake Onega. It produces lumbering equipment and has shipyards, fish canneries, saw...Pelham, Peter
(Encyclopedia)Pelham, Peter pĕlˈəm [key], c.1695–1751, American engraver and painter, b. England; stepfather of John Singleton Copley. After studying and practicing in England, Pelham settled (c.1728) in Bosto...Browse by Subject
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