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Alexander of Pherae
(Encyclopedia) Alexander of PheraeAlexander of Pheraefērˈē [key], d. 358 b.c., tyrant of the city of Pherae in Thessaly after 369 b.c. He was opposed by other Thessalian cities and by the Thebans.…Alexander Liberman Biography
Alexander LibermanAge: 87 influential editor and artist, revolutionized fashion magazines by featuring bold, "real-life" fashion rather than pretense as editor of Vogue and editorial…Lloyd Alexander Biography
writerDied: May 17, 2007 (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) Best Known as: author of fantasy novels Writer of children's tales and two-time National Book Award…Alexander Dubcek Biography
Alexander DubcekCzechoslovakian statesmanBorn: 11/27/1921Birthplace: Uhrovek, Slovakia Dubcek joined the Communist Party in 1939 and became the Party's first secretary in 1968. His economic…Percy, William Alexander
Percy, William Alexander[1885-1942](1)Born in Greenville, Miss., May 14, 1885. Was prepared for college chiefly by a Roman Catholic priest; went to the University of the South, at Sewanee,…Alexander Hamilton: Ceasar I
Ceasar IAlexander HamiltonMonday, October 1, 1787 The citizens of the State of New York have received yesterday, from Cato (an ally of Pompey, no doubt), an introductory discourse on the…Brewer's: Alexander the Corrector.
Alexander Cruden, author of the “Concordance to the Bible,” who petitioned Parliament to constitute him “Corrector of the People,” and went about constantly with a sponge to wipe out the…Brewer's: Alexander of the North
Charles XII of Sweden, so called from his military achievements. He was conquered at Pultowa, in Russia (1709), by Czar Peter the Great (1682–1718). Repressing here The frantic Alexander…Brewer's: Alexander and the Robber
The robber's name was Diomedes. —Gesta Romanorum, cxlvi. You are thinking of Parmenio, and I of Alexander i.e., you are thinking what you ought to receive, and I what I ought to give;…Brewer's: Alexander's Beard
A smooth chin, no beard at all. An Amazonian chin. “Disgracëd yet with Alexander's bearde.” Gascoigne: The Steele Glas. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Trending
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