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Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de
(Encyclopedia)Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupéry) äNtwänˈ-märēˈ-rôzhāˈ də săNtĕgzüpārēˈ [key], 1900–1944, French aviator and writer. He became a commercial pilot and...Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian historian
(Encyclopedia)Garcilaso de la Vega gärsēläˈsō dā lä vāˈgä [key], 1539–1616, Peruvian historian; son of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega and an Incan princess and therefore called...Falwell, Jerry Lamon
(Encyclopedia)Falwell, Jerry Lamon fôlˈwĕl, –wəl [key], 1933–2007, American fundamentalist Baptist pastor, b. Lynchburg, Va. A popular preacher and founder of the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Fa...La Halle, Adam de
(Encyclopedia)La Halle, Adam de: see Adam de la Halle. ...La Huerta, Adolfo de
(Encyclopedia)La Huerta, Adolfo de: see Huerta, Adolfo de la. ...La Hyre, Laurent de
(Encyclopedia)La Hyre, Laurent de: see La Hire, Laurent de. ...La Cruz, Ramón de
(Encyclopedia)La Cruz, Ramón de: see Cruz, Ramón de la. ...Noue, François de La
(Encyclopedia)Noue, François de La: see La Noue, François de. ...Carracci
(Encyclopedia)Carracci kärätˈchē [key], family of Italian painters of the Bolognese school, founders of an important academy of painting. Lodovico Carracci, 1555–1619, a pupil of Tintoretto in Venice, was inf...La Cueva, Juan de
(Encyclopedia)La Cueva, Juan de: see Cueva, Juan de la. ...Browse by Subject
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