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Maine State Information Capital: Augusta Official Name: State of Maine Organized as a territory/republic: 1820 Entered Union (rank): March 15, 1820 (23) Present constitution adopted: 1820…Ribera, Jusepe
(Encyclopedia) Ribera, Jusepe, José, or GiuseppeRibera, Jusepe, José, or Giuseppeh&oomacr;sāˈpā rēbāˈrä, hōsāˈ, j&oomacr;zĕpˈpā [key], c.1590–1652, Spanish baroque painter. He studied in…U.S. Representatives to the United Nations
Year Ambassador 1946 Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. 1946-1947 Herschel V. Johnson (acting) 1947-1953 Warren R. Austin 1953-1960 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1960-1961 James J.…Brewer's: Village Blacksmith
(The), in Longfellow's poem, we are told in an American newspaper, was Henry Francis Moore, of Medford, Massachusetts, born 1830. But as the Village Blacksmith was published in 1842, this…Brewer's: Legenda Aurea
by Jacques de Voragine. A collection of monkish legends in Latin. (1230-1298.) The Golden Legend. of Longfellow, is a semi-dramatic poem taken from an old German tale by Hartmann von der…Brewer's: Elsie
The daughter of Gottlieb, a farm tenant of Prince Henry of Hoheneck. The prince was suffering severely from some malady, and was told that he would be cured if any maiden would give her…Henry V
Henry V was the great warrior king of medieval England whose brief reign included his conquest of most of Normandy (northern France). Henry was a skilled military strategist who died before…Henry I
The King of England from 1100 until his death in 1135, Henry I also ruled Normandy after he usurped his brother's power there and threw him in prison. Henry was the youngest son of William the…Bunin, Ivan Alekseyevich
(Encyclopedia) Bunin, Ivan AlekseyevichBunin, Ivan Alekseyevichb&oomacr;ˈnĭn, Rus. ēvänˈ əlyĭksyāˈyəvĭch b&oomacr;ˈnyĭn [key], 1870–1953, Russian writer. Born of a poor aristocratic family,…La Fontaine, Jean de
(Encyclopedia) La Fontaine, Jean deLa Fontaine, Jean dezhäN də [key], 1621–95, French poet, whose celebrated fables place him among the masters of world literature. He was born at Château-Thierry to…Trending
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