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Diepenbeeck, Abraham van
(Encyclopedia) Diepenbeeck, Abraham vanDiepenbeeck, Abraham vanvän dēˈpənbākˌ [key], 1596–1675, Flemish glass painter, book illustrator, and painter. He was active mainly in Antwerp and was strongly…Maslow, Abraham Harold
(Encyclopedia) Maslow, Abraham HaroldMaslow, Abraham Haroldmăzˈlō [key], 1908–70, American psychologist, b. Brooklyn, New York, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin (1934). He taught at Brooklyn College from…Grierson, Sir George Abraham
(Encyclopedia) Grierson, Sir George AbrahamGrierson, Sir George Abrahamgrĭrˈsən [key], 1851–1941, Irish philologist. Besides writing grammars of many modern Indian vernaculars, Grierson directed the…Lot, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) Lot, in the Book of Genesis, the son of Abraham's brother Haran. Lot settled in Sodom and received a warning of its destruction. As he fled with his family, his wife, disobeying God's…Abildgaard, Nikolaj Abraham
(Encyclopedia) Abildgaard, Nikolaj AbrahamAbildgaard, Nikolaj Abrahamnĭkōlīˈ äˈbēlgôrd [key], 1743–1809, Danish painter of the neoclassical school. He was a student of Eckersberg. Among his own…Spencer Abraham Biography
Spencer Abraham George W. Bush's secretary of Energy Born: 6/12/1952Birthplace: East Lansing, Mich. As a senator from Michigan, Abraham on three occasions proposed eliminating the…Abraham Brumberg Biography
writer on Eastern EuropeDied: January 26, 2008 (Chevy Chase, Maryland) Best Known as: writer on Eastern Europe and editor of Problems of Communism…The Resurgence of Abraham Lincoln
Almost 150 years after his death, Abraham Lincoln reemerges as a leading figure in politics and pop culture. by Jennie Wood Benjamin Walker gets into character for the title role of the…Brewer's: An Abraham Newland
A banknote. So called because, in the early part of the nineteenth century, none were genuine but those signed by this name. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: To Sham Abraham.
To pretend illness or distress, in order to get off work. (See Abram-Man.) I have heard people say Sham Abram you may, But must not Sham Abraham Newland. —T. Dibdin or Upton Abraham…Trending
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