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Francis of Sales, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis of Sales, Saint: see Francis de Sales, Saint. ...Brooke, Alan Francis
(Encyclopedia)Brooke, Alan Francis: see Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. ...Leveson-Gower, Sir Francis
(Encyclopedia)Leveson-Gower, Sir Francis: see Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, 1st earl of. ...Rawdon-Hastings, Francis
(Encyclopedia)Rawdon-Hastings, Francis: see Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st marquess of. ...Francis
(Encyclopedia)Francis, 1936–, pope (2013–), an Argentinian (b. Buenos Aires to Italian immigrants) named Jorge Mario Bergoglio; successor of Benedict XVI. Francis, the first non-European to assume the papacy in...Clouet, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Clouet, Jean both: zhänĕˈ [key], c.1485–1540, portrait and miniature painter. He was court painter and valet de chambre to the French king Francis I. He is thought to have been Flemish and may ha...Kroto, Harry
(Encyclopedia)Kroto, Harry (Sir Harold Walter Kroto), 1939–2016, British chemist, b. Harold Walter Krotoschiner, Ph.D. Univ. of Sheffield, 1964. Kroto was the son of German parents who fled Nazi rule to England. ...Ulbricht, Walter
(Encyclopedia)Ulbricht, Walter välˈtər o͝olˈbrĭkht [key], 1893–1973, Communist leader in the German Democratic Republic. A founder of the German Communist party, he fled Germany in 1933 and went to Moscow, ...Willughby, Francis
(Encyclopedia)Willughby, Francis wĭlˈəbē [key], 1635–72, English naturalist. He is known especially for his early systematic work on birds and fishes, in which he made some of the most important contributions...Tintern Abbey
(Encyclopedia)Tintern Abbey, ruins of an abbey, Monmouthshire, W. England, near Chepstow. It was founded for Cistercians in 1131 by Walter de Clare and now consists mainly of 13th- and 14-century English work. It i...Browse by Subject
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