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Bacon, Francis, English painter
(Encyclopedia)Bacon, Francis, 1910–92, English painter, b. Dublin. A self-taught artist, Bacon rejected abstraction in painting to explore a repertoire of strange, fractured, and often bizarre figurative images, ...Throgmorton, Francis
(Encyclopedia)Throgmorton, Francis: see Throckmorton, Francis. ...Borgia, Francis
(Encyclopedia)Borgia, Francis: see Francis Borgia, Saint. ...Francis of Assisi, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis of Assisi, Saint: see Francis, Saint. ...Xavier, Saint Francis
(Encyclopedia)Xavier, Saint Francis: see Francis Xavier, Saint. ...Besant, Sir Walter
(Encyclopedia)Besant, Sir Walter bĭzăntˈ [key], 1836–1901, English novelist and humanitarian, grad. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1859. He taught at the Royal College of Mauritius from 1861 to 1867. After his r...Winchell, Walter
(Encyclopedia)Winchell, Walter, 1897–1972, journalist and broadcaster, b. New York City as Walter Winchel. He performed in vaudeville, and adopted a marquee's misspelling of his surname. After serving two years i...Scheel, Walter
(Encyclopedia)Scheel, Walter välˈtər shāl [key], 1919–2016, German political leader, president of West Germany (1974–79). After serving in World War II, Scheel became interested in politics and joined the F...Rauschenbusch, Walter
(Encyclopedia)Rauschenbusch, Walter rouˈshənbo͝osh [key], 1861–1918, American clergyman, b. Rochester, N.Y. In 1886 he was ordained and began work among German immigrants as pastor of the Second German Baptist...Francis of Sales, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis of Sales, Saint: see Francis de Sales, Saint. ...Browse by Subject
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