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Bandello, Matteo
(Encyclopedia) Bandello, MatteoBandello, Matteomät–tĕˈō bändĕlˈlō [key], 1485–1561, Italian storywriter, a Dominican priest. He is famous for his novellas, short tales in imitation of Boccaccio, that…Gamelyn, The Tale of
(Encyclopedia) Gamelyn, The Tale ofGamelyn, The Tale ofgămˈəlĭn [key], a romance in verse, written c.1350, containing about 900 lines. It tells of the tribulations of a young man abused by his older…Lear
(Encyclopedia) LearLearlēr [key], legendary English king, supposed descendant, through Locrine and Brut, of Aeneas of Troy. The story of Lear and his three daughters probably originated in early…Brut
(Encyclopedia) Brut,&sp;BruteBruteboth: br&oomacr;t [key], or BrutusBrut,br&oomacr;ˈtəs [key], a Trojan, legendary founder of the British race, descendant of Aeneas. His story appears in…Hill, James Jerome
(Encyclopedia) Hill, James Jerome, 1838–1916, American railroad builder, b. Ontario, Canada. He went to St. Paul, Minn., in 1856. He became a partner of Norman Kittson in a steamboat line and, with…Eustace II
(Encyclopedia) Eustace IIEustace IIy&oomacr;ˈstĭs [key], d. 1093, count of Boulogne. He was the brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor of England. Visiting England in 1051, he and his followers…Henry I, king of France
(Encyclopedia) Henry I, c.1008–1060, king of France (1031–60), son and successor of King Robert II. To defend his throne against his mother, his brothers Robert and Eudes, and subsequently against…Fisher, Geoffrey Francis
(Encyclopedia) Fisher, Geoffrey Francis, 1887–1972, archbishop of Canterbury (1945–61). He was educated at Oxford and ordained a priest in 1913. He served as assistant master of Marlborough College (…Wilkinson, Sir Geoffrey
(Encyclopedia) Wilkinson, Sir Geoffrey, 1921–, English inorganic chemist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Ernst Otto Fischer for their independent research on the organometallic…Cherry Hill
(Encyclopedia) Cherry Hill, township (2020 pop. 74,553), Camden co., W central N.J.; name was changed from Delaware township to Cherry Hill in 1961.…Trending
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