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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. ...Duveen, Joseph, 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank
(Encyclopedia)Duveen, Joseph, 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank dyo͝ovēnˈ, do͞o– [key], 1869–1939, English art dealer, b. Hull. Beginning his career (1886) in his father's antiques firm, Duveen Brothers, he soon...Ames, Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Ames, Joseph, 1689–1759, English bibliographer. He compiled Typographical Antiquities (1749), a valuable list of English books printed before 1600. ...Morris, Lewis Richard
(Encyclopedia)Morris, Lewis Richard, 1760–1825: see under Morris, family. ...Scott, Richard Gilbert
(Encyclopedia)Scott, Richard Gilbert: see under Scott, Sir George Gilbert. ...Koelreuter, Joseph Gottlieb
(Encyclopedia)Koelreuter, Joseph Gottlieb: see Kölreuter. ...Browse by Subject
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