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(Encyclopedia)ransom, price of redemption demanded by the captor of a person, vessel, or city. In ancient times cities frequently paid ransom to prevent their plundering by captors. The custom of ransoming was form...Leacock, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Leacock, Richard, 1921–2011, Anglo-American filmmaker, b. London. A key figure in the development of cinéma vérité, he also helped create the camera and sound equipment that made the style possib...Starr, Ringo
(Encyclopedia) Starr, Ringo (b. Richard Starkey): see Beatles, The. ...Morris, Richard, d. 1672, American colonial landowner
(Encyclopedia)Morris, Richard, d. 1672: see under Morris, family. ...Morris, Richard, 1730–1810, American landowner and judge
(Encyclopedia)Morris, Richard, 1730–1810: see under Morris, family. ...Morris, Lewis Richard
(Encyclopedia)Morris, Lewis Richard, 1760–1825: see under Morris, family. ...Daley, William Michael
(Encyclopedia)Daley, William Michael: see under Daley, Richard Joseph. ...Scott, Richard Gilbert
(Encyclopedia)Scott, Richard Gilbert: see under Scott, Sir George Gilbert. ...Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of
(Encyclopedia)Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of , wŏrˈĭk [key], 1428–71, English nobleman, called the Kingmaker. Through his grandfather, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland, he had connections with the hou...suite
(Encyclopedia)suite swēt [key], in music, instrumental form derived from dance and consisting of a series of movements usually in the same key but contrasting in rhythm and mood. The principle of the suite can be ...Browse by Subject
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