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Garnier, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Garnier, Robert gärnyāˈ [key], 1534?–1590, French dramatic poet. He wrote mainly closet dramas in the classical manner of Seneca. Les Juives [the Jewish women] (1583), based on the Bible, is per...Bruce, Edward
(Encyclopedia)Bruce, Edward, d. 1318, Scottish king of Ireland, brother of Robert I of Scotland. He aided his brother in the war for independence from England and in 1315 was declared heir to Robert's throne. With ...Robert of Jumièges
(Encyclopedia)Robert of Jumièges zhümyĕzhˈ [key], fl. 1037–52, Norman churchman in England, b. Normandy. As abbot of Jumièges he won the favor of Edward (later Edward the Confessor) during Edward's exile in ...Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-
(Encyclopedia)Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-: see Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquess of. ...Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of: see Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford. ...Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st earl of: see Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford. ...Albany, Robert Stuart, 1st duke of
(Encyclopedia)Albany, Robert Stuart or Stewart, 1st duke of: see Stuart, Robert, 1st duke of Albany. ...Bresson, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Bresson, Robert rôbĕrˈ brĕsôNˈ [key], 1901–99, French film director and scriptwriter, b. Bromont-Lamottie, France. Bresson's films tend to be austere, unadorned, and concerned more with intell...Gaul, Alfred Robert
(Encyclopedia)Gaul, Alfred Robert gôl [key], 1837–1913, English composer. He wrote numerous cantatas, of which The Holy City (1882) is most famous. ...Robert's Rules of Order
(Encyclopedia)Robert's Rules of Order: see parliamentary law; Robert, Henry Martyn. ...Browse by Subject
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