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Danton, Georges Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Danton, Georges JacquesDanton, Georges Jacqueszhōrzh zhäk däNtôNˈ [key], 1759–94, French statesman, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution. A Parisian lawyer, he became a…

Enghien, Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'

(Encyclopedia) Enghien, Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien, Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'lwē äNtwänˈ äNrēˈ də b&oobreve;rbôNˈ-kôNdāˈ dük däNgyăNˈ [key], 1772–1804…

Desmoulins, Camille

(Encyclopedia) Desmoulins, CamilleDesmoulins, Camillekämēˈyə dām&oomacr;lăNˈ [key], 1760–94, French revolutionary and journalist. His oratory of July 12, 1789, contributed to the storming of the…

Balladur, Édouard

(Encyclopedia) Balladur, ÉdouardBalladur, Édouardādwärˈ bälädürˈ [key], 1929–, French political leader, b. Turkey. He moved to France as a child and grew up in Marseille. A Gaullist and member of the…

M'Carthy, Justin

(Encyclopedia) M'Carthy, Justin, 1830–1912, Irish historian, politician, and novelist. After a long career in journalism, he entered the British Parliament in 1879, advocating home rule for Ireland.…

Henry, Pierre Georges

(Encyclopedia) Henry, Pierre Georges, 1927–2017, French composer noted for his contributions to electronic music. He studied with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory, where…

Milstein, César

(Encyclopedia) Milstein, César, 1927–2002, Anglo-Argentine immunologist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1960. He worked (1961–63) at the National Institute of Microbiology, Buenos Aires, but following a military…

The True George Washington: Education: Adulthood

AdulthoodThe end of Washington's school-days left him, if a good "cipherer," a bad speller, and a still worse grammarian, but, fortunately, the termination of instruction did not by any means…