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Amsterdam (Book)

Author: Ian McEwan Publisher: Doubleday At first it seems defocused, sighting too broad a spectrum of meaning. But as Ian McEwan's Booker Prize-winning novel progresses, it accumulates…

Morey Amsterdam

Morey Amsterdamcomedian, actorBorn: 12/14/1908Birthplace: Chicago The wisecracking television writer on The Dick Van Dyke Show started his career in vaudeville and on the nightclub circuit in…

Morey Amsterdam Biography

Morey Amsterdamcomedian, actorBorn: 12/14/1908Birthplace: Chicago The wisecracking television writer on The Dick Van Dyke Show started his career in vaudeville and on the nightclub circuit in the…

Amsterdam, city, Netherlands

(Encyclopedia) Amsterdam Amsterdam ămˈstərdămˌ, Dutch ämstərdämˈ [key], city (2021 pop. 1,157,519), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the…

Berlage, Hendrik Petrus

(Encyclopedia) Berlage, Hendrik PetrusBerlage, Hendrik Petrushĕnˈdrək pāˈtrüs berläˈgə [key], 1856–1934, Dutch architect. In both his writings and architectural practice, Berlage advocated a return…

New Amsterdam

(Encyclopedia) New Amsterdam, Dutch settlement at the mouth of the Hudson River and on the southern end of Manhattan island; est. 1624. It was the capital of the colony of New Netherland from 1626 to…

Amsterdam, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Amsterdam, city (2020 pop. 18,219), Montgomery co., E central N.Y., on the Mohawk River; inc. 1885. Historically famous for the manufacture of carpets, its manufactures now…

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,…

Keyser, Thomas de

(Encyclopedia) Keyser, Thomas deKeyser, Thomas dedə kīˈzər [key], c.1596–1667, Dutch portrait and figure painter of Amsterdam. He was the outstanding practitioner in his field prior to Rembrandt. De…

Bol, Ferdinand

(Encyclopedia) Bol, FerdinandBol, Ferdinandfĕrˈdĭnänt bôl [key], 1616–80, Dutch painter. He studied with Rembrandt in Amsterdam, and his early work (e.g., Elizabeth Bas, Amsterdam) has sometimes been…