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Snowdon, Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of
(Encyclopedia)Snowdon, Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of, 1930–2017, British photographer. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he married Princess Margaret in 1960 and was created earl the following ...Margaret
(Encyclopedia)Margaret, 1930–2002, British princess, second daughter of King George VI and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, b. Glamis, Scotland. In 1960 she married a commoner, the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jone...Phraates
(Encyclopedia)Phraates frā–āˈtēz [key], kings of Parthia of the dynasty of Arsaces. Phraates II, fl. 130 b.c., decisively defeated (129 b.c.) Antiochus VII of Syria, permanently annexing E Mesopotamia to his ...Zeffirelli, Franco
(Encyclopedia)Zeffirelli, Franco frängˈkō zāf-fērĕlˈlē [key], 1923–2019, Italian opera, stage, and film director and designer, b. Florence as Gianfranco Corsi Zeffirelli. Zeffirelli had his first successe...Van Buren, Martin
(Encyclopedia)Van Buren, Martin, 1782–1862, 8th President of the United States (1837–41), b. Kinderhook, Columbia co., N.Y. He was again the presidential candidate of the Democratic party in 1840, but he was ...Ruysdael, Jacob van
(Encyclopedia)Ruysdael, Jacob van: see Ruisdael, Jacob van. ...Schoreel, Jan van
(Encyclopedia)Schoreel, Jan van: see Scorel, Jan van. ...Koninksloo, Gillis van
(Encyclopedia)Koninksloo, Gillis van: see Coninxloo, Gillis van. ...Laar, Pieter van
(Encyclopedia)Laar, Pieter van: see Laer, Pieter van. ...Leyden, Lucas van
(Encyclopedia)Leyden, Lucas van: see Lucas van Leyden. ...Browse by Subject
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