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(Encyclopedia) Frauenfeld Frauenfeld frouˈənfĕlt [key], city, capital of Thurgau canton, NE Switzerland, on the Murg…Grew, Nehemiah
(Encyclopedia) Grew, Nehemiah, 1641–1712, English botanist and physician. Grew practiced medicine in London and made important microscopic studies of plants. He made what were probably the first…Fournier, Pierre Simon
(Encyclopedia) Fournier, Pierre SimonFournier, Pierre Simonpyĕr sēmôNˈ f&oomacr;rnyāˈ [key], 1712–68, Parisian type founder. Fournier devised the first point system for measuring and naming sizes…Reuter, Christian
(Encyclopedia) Reuter, ChristianReuter, Christiankrĭsˈtēän roiˈtər [key], 1665–c.1712, German writer of satiric fiction and drama. Reuter's Schelmuffsky (1696, tr. 1962) was among the first…Arcot
(Encyclopedia) ArcotArcotärˈkŏt [key], town, Tamil Nadu state, SE India, on the Palar River. It is an agricultural market and has a weaving industry. It became the capital of the Muslim Nawab of…Dennis, John
(Encyclopedia) Dennis, John, 1657–1734, English critic and playwright. Best known for his critical works, which include Grounds of Criticism in Poetry (1704) and An Essay on the Genius and Writings…Heyden, Jan van der
(Encyclopedia) Heyden, Jan van derHeyden, Jan van deryän vän dər hīˈdən [key], 1637–1712, Dutch architectural and landscape painter. He worked chiefly in Amsterdam. His charming pictures of towns,…Genovesi, Antonio
(Encyclopedia) Genovesi, AntonioGenovesi, Antonioäntôˈnyō jānōvĕˈzē [key], 1712–69, Italian philosopher and economist, a pioneer in writing philosophy in Italian instead of in Latin. Genovesi…Graupner, Christoph
(Encyclopedia) Graupner, ChristophGraupner, Christophkrĭsˈtôf groupˈnər [key], 1693–1760, German composer, studied at Leipzig with Johann Heinichen and Johann Kuhnau. After playing harpsichord at the…Guardi, Francesco
(Encyclopedia) Guardi, FrancescoGuardi, Francescofränchāsˈkō gwärˈdē [key], 1712–93, Venetian landscape and architectural painter. A follower of Canaletto, he developed a freer style of great…Trending
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