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Rogers, Richard George, Baron Rogers of Riverside
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Richard George, Baron Rogers of Riverside, 1933–2021, British architect, b. Florence, Italy, Architectural Association,…Scarlatti, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia) Scarlatti, AlessandroScarlatti, Alessandroälĕs-sänˈdrō skärlätˈtē [key], 1660–1725, Italian composer. He may have studied with Carissimi in Rome, where his first opera was produced in…Piero della Francesca
(Encyclopedia) Piero della FrancescaPiero della Francescapyĕˈrō dĕlˈlä fränchāsˈkä [key], c.1420–1492, major Italian Renaissance painter, b. Borgo San Sepolcro (modern Sansepolcro). All his…Charles VIII, king of France
(Encyclopedia) Charles VIII, 1470–98, king of France (1483–98), son and successor of Louis XI. He first reigned under the regency of his sister Anne de Beaujeu. After his marriage (1491) to Anne of…Catherine of Siena, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Catherine of Siena, SaintCatherine of Siena, Saintsēĕnˈə [key], 1347–80, Italian mystic and diplomat, a member of the third order of the Dominicans, Doctor of the Church. The daughter…Butler Carson DERRICK, Jr., Congress, SC (1936)
DERRICK Butler Carson, Jr. , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., September 30, 1936; attended the public schools in Mayesville, S.C., and Florence, S.…William Manning LOWE, Congress, AL (1842-1882)
LOWE William Manning , a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., on June 12, 1842; attended the Wesleyan University, Florence, Ala., and the University of Virginia…Diana Ross
Name at birth: Diana EarleDiana Ross started singing in a trio as a teenager, and in 1960 she and her two partners, Florence Ballard (1943-76) and Mary Wilson (b. 1944) were signed by Berry Gordy to…Edward Berton ALMON, Congress, AL (1860-1933)
ALMON Edward Berton , a Representative from Alabama; born near Moulton, Lawrence County, Ala., April 18, 1860; attended the rural schools; was graduated from the State Normal College, Florence,…Jacob Pitzer COWAN, Congress, OH (1823-1895)
COWAN Jacob Pitzer , a Representative from Ohio; born in Florence, Washington County, Pa., March 20, 1823; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1835;…Trending
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