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Grotefend, Georg Friedrich
(Encyclopedia) Grotefend, Georg FriedrichGrotefend, Georg Friedrichgāˈôrkh frēˈdrĭkh grōˈtəfĕnt [key], 1775–1853, German archaeologist and philologist. He specialized in Latin and Italian and wrote…Euphorion
(Encyclopedia) EuphorionEuphoriony&oomacr;fôrˈēən [key], c.275–187? b.c., Greek poet, b. Chalcis. He was made (c.223 b.c.) librarian at Antioch by Antiochus the Great and held the position until…Folengo, Teofilo
(Encyclopedia) Folengo, TeofiloFolengo, Teofilotāôˈfēlō fōlĕngˈgō [key], 1496–1544, Italian burlesque poet, who used the pseudonym Merlinus Cocaius or Merlino Cocajo. A Benedictine monk, he left (c.…Brathwaite, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Brathwaite, RichardBrathwaite, Richardbrăthˈwāt [key], 1588?–1673, English poet. His Barnabae Itinerarium, a doggerel travelogue of provincial England, was written first in Latin (1636…Carissimi, Giacomo
(Encyclopedia) Carissimi, GiacomoCarissimi, Giacomojäˈkōmō kärēsˈsēmē [key], 1605–74, Italian composer. Most of his life was spent in Rome, where he wrote chamber cantatas in a style that lasted for…Byrd, William, English composer
(Encyclopedia) Byrd, William, 1543–1623, English composer, organist at Lincoln Cathedral and, jointly with Tallis, at the Chapel Royal. Although Roman Catholic, he composed anthems and services for…Benedictus
(Encyclopedia) BenedictusBenedictusbĕnədĭkˈtəs [key], hymn of Zachary, taken from Luke 1.68–79. It begins in Latin, “Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel” [blessed be the Lord God of Israel]. It is used at…White, T. H.
(Encyclopedia) White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury White), 1906–64, British author, b. Bombay (now Mumbai), India. His best-known work, the tetralogy The Once and Future King (1939–58), is a dramatic and…nominative
(Encyclopedia) nominativenominativenŏmˈĭnətĭv [key], [Lat.,=naming], in Latin grammar, the case usually employed for the noun that is the subject of the sentence. The term is used in the grammar of…Schleicher, August
(Encyclopedia) Schleicher, AugustSchleicher, Augustouˈg&oobreve;st shlīˈkhər [key], 1821–68, German philologist. A professor at the universities of Prague and Jena, Schleicher wrote studies of…Trending
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