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Lalique, René

(Encyclopedia) Lalique, RenéLalique, Renérənāˈ lälēkˈ [key], 1860–1945, French jewelery designer and glassmaker whose works are landmarks of arts nouveau and deco, b. Ay; apprenticed to Parisian…

Pleven, René

(Encyclopedia) Pleven, RenéPleven, Renérənāˈ plĕväNˈ [key], 1901–93, French political leader. He held various diplomatic and financial posts in the Free French government during World War II and…

Louis III, king of Naples

(Encyclopedia) Louis III, 1403–34, king of Naples (1417–34; rival claimant to Joanna II), duke of Anjou, count of Provence, son and successor of Louis II. He invaded Naples in 1420. Queen Joanna…

Coudert, Frederic René

(Encyclopedia) Coudert, Frederic RenéCoudert, Frederic Renérənāˈ [key]Heym, Stefank&oomacr;dârˈ [key], 1832–1903, American lawyer and public official, b. New York City. He practiced law in New…

Dubos, René Jules

(Encyclopedia) Dubos, René JulesDubos, René Julesrənāˈ zhül dübōˈ [key], 1901–82, American bacteriologist, b. France, Ph.D. Rutgers, 1927. He joined the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller Univ.)…

Viviani, René

(Encyclopedia) Viviani, RenéViviani, Renérənāˈ vēvyänēˈ [key], 1863–1925, French statesman. He entered politics as a Socialist and joined Jean Jaurès in founding the journal Humanité and in forming (…

Alfonso V, king of Aragón and Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Alfonso V (Alfonso the Magnanimous), 1396–1458, king of Aragón and Sicily (1416–58) and of Naples (1443–58), count of Barcelona. He was the son of Ferdinand I, whom he succeeded in…

Barrientos Ortuño, René

(Encyclopedia) Barrientos Ortuño, RenéBarrientos Ortuño, Renérānāˈ bär-ryānˈtōs ōrt&oomacr;ˈnyō [key], 1919–69, Bolivian political leader. Commander of the Bolivian air force, he supported the…

Denonville, Jacques René de Brisay, marquis de

(Encyclopedia) Denonville, Jacques René de Brisay, marquis deDenonville, Jacques René de Brisay, marquis dezhäk rənāˈ də brēzāˈ märkēˈ də dənôNvēlˈ [key], d. 1710, governor of New France (1685–89).…

Sully-Prudhomme, René François Armand

(Encyclopedia) Sully-Prudhomme, René François ArmandSully-Prudhomme, René François Armandrənāˈ fräNswäˈ ärmäNˈ sülēˈ-prüdômˈ [key], 1839–1907, French poet associated with the Parnassians. His early…