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Gide, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Gide, CharlesGide, Charlesshärl [key]Gide, Charles zhēd [key], 1847–1932, French economist. A professor at the universities of Bordeaux, Montpellier, and Paris, Gide was an expert on…

Gide, André

(Encyclopedia) Gide, AndréGide, AndréäNdrāˈ zhēd [key], 1869–1951, French writer. He established a reputation as an unconventional novelist with The Immoralist (1902, tr. 1930), a partly…

Androuet du Cerceau

(Encyclopedia) Androuet du CerceauAndrouet du CerceauäNdr&oomacr;-āˈ dü sĕrsōˈ [key], family of French architects active in the 16th and 17th cent. It was founded by Jacques Androuet, c.1520–c.…

Dubus, Andre

writerBirthplace: Lake Charles, La.Born: 1936Died: 1999

Andre Agassi

In two decades of tennis, U.S. player Andre Agassi went from being the young rebel with glam-rock hair to the grand "old man" with a head as smooth as a clay court -- and one of the greatest players…

André Previn

André Previn was a jet-setting conductor who was nominated for 11 Oscars (he won four) and was married five times, including to singer Dory Previn and to actress Mia Farrow. A musical polymath,…

Sylvia Beach

Name at birth: Macy Woodbridge BeachSylvia Beach was an American in Paris whose bookshop was a beacon for the literary elite of the period between World War I and World War II. She famously published…

André Braugher Biography

André Braugher actorBorn: 7/1/1962Birthplace: Chicago Emmy Award-winning actor who played tough cop Frank Pembleton on the critically acclaimed series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–98).…

Andre Dubus Biography

Andre DubusPulitzer Prize-winning writerBorn: 8/11/1936Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana noted writer who penned the highly acclaimed Pulitzer Prize runner-up Broken Vessels (1992) and the…