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Brand, Sir John Henry
(Encyclopedia) Brand, Sir John Henry, or Jan Hendrik BrandJan Hendrik Brandyän hĕnˈdrək bränt [key], 1823–88, South African politician, president of the Orange Free State, b. Capetown. He was called…Thorbecke, Jan Rudolf
(Encyclopedia) Thorbecke, Jan RudolfThorbecke, Jan Rudolfyän r&oomacr;ˈdôlf tôrˈbĕkə [key], 1798–1872, Dutch statesman. An eminent jurist and the leading liberal politician of his day, he was one…Hilary of Poitiers, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Hilary of Poitiers, SaintHilary of Poitiers, Sainthĭlˈərē, [key]Hilary of Poitiers, Saintpoitērzˈ, poiˈtyā [key], c.315–367?, bishop of Poitiers from c.350, Doctor of the Church. A…Smuts, Jan Christiaan
(Encyclopedia) Smuts, Jan ChristiaanSmuts, Jan Christiaanyän krĭsˈtyän smŭts [key], 1870–1950, South African statesman and soldier, b. Cape Colony. Of Boer (Afrikaner) stock but a British subject by…Scorel, Jan van
(Encyclopedia) Scorel, Jan vanScorel, Jan vanyän vän skōˈrəl [key], 1495–1562, Dutch portrait and religious painter, influenced by Gossaert in Utrecht and by Dürer in Nuremberg. About 1521 he visited…Huysmans, Jan Baptist
(Encyclopedia) Huysmans, Jan Baptist: see under Huysmans, Cornelis.Paderewski, Ignace Jan
(Encyclopedia) Paderewski, Ignace JanPaderewski, Ignace Janpădˌərĕfˈskē, Pol. ēnyäsˈ yän pädĕrĕfˈskē [key], 1860–1941, Polish pianist, composer, and statesman; studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and…Dombrowski, Jan Henryk
(Encyclopedia) Dombrowski, Jan Henryk: see Dąbrowski.Goyen, Jan Josephszoon van
(Encyclopedia) Goyen, Jan Josephszoon vanGoyen, Jan Josephszoon vanyän yōˈzəfsōn vän gōˈyən [key], 1596–1656, Dutch landscape painter. He studied at Leiden and Haarlem. In 1631 he settled at The…Mieris
(Encyclopedia) MierisMierismēˈrĭs [key], family of Dutch genre and portrait painters of Leiden. Frans van Mieris, 1635–81, the most important, was the son of a goldsmith and pupil of Gerard Dou. His…Trending
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