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Mbeki, Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa
(Encyclopedia) Mbeki, Govan 1910–2001, anti-apartheid activist, politician, and writer. Mbeki was an influential leader of the African National…Linklater, Richard Stuart
(Encyclopedia) Linklater, Richard Stuart, 1960–, American screenwriter, director, and actor, b. Houston. He dropped out of college and worked on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, then moved to Austin…Mistral, Gabriela
(Encyclopedia) Mistral, GabrielaMistral, Gabrielagäbrēāˈlä [key]Mistral, Gabriela mēsträlˈ [key], 1889–1957, Chilean poet whose original name was Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. She was a teacher in and…Meletius, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Meletius, SaintMeletius, Saintmĭlēˈshəs [key], d. 381, Catholic bishop, leader of the Meletian faction in the Antiochene schism. Meletius became (361) Catholic patriarch after the…Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich
(Encyclopedia) Mendeleev, Dmitri IvanovichMendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovichmĕndəlāˈəf, Rus. dəmēˈtrē ēväˈnəvĭch myĭndyĭlyāˈəf [key], 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of…Gabrieli, Andrea
(Encyclopedia) Gabrieli, AndreaGabrieli, Andreaändrĕˈä gäbrēāˈlē [key], c.1510–1586, Italian organist and composer; possibly a pupil of Adrian Willaert. In 1536 he was a chorister at St. Mark's…Gilbreth, Frank Bunker
(Encyclopedia) Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868–1924, b. Fairfield, Me., and his wife, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, 1878–1972, b. Oakland, Calif., pioneering American industrial engineers. He was a largely…White, Charles
(Encyclopedia) White, Charles (Charles Wilbert White, Jr.), 1918–79, American figurative painter, printmaker, and teacher, b. Chicago, studied School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A left-leaning…Torstensson, Lennart
(Encyclopedia) Torstensson, LennartTorstensson, Lennartlĕnˈnärt tōrˈstənsōn [key], 1603–51, Swedish general in the Thirty Years War. He was one of the generals trained by Gustavus II in the new…Strauss, Leo
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, Leo, 1899–1973, American philosopher, b. Hesse, Germany. Strauss fled the Nazis and in 1938 came to the United States, where he taught at the New School in New York City (1938…Trending
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