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Rubbia, Carlo
(Encyclopedia) Rubbia, Carlo, 1934–, Italian physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Pisa, 1957. A professor of physics at the Univ. of Rome and later at Harvard, Rubbia did his most important work with Simon van…Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
(Encyclopedia) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis, Mo. Founded in 1880, it is the country's second-oldest orchestra (the New York Philharmonic is the oldest). It performed in the Kiel Opera…Rigaud, Hyacinthe
(Encyclopedia) Rigaud, Hyacinthe (Hyacinthe Rigaud y Ros)Rigaud, HyacintheyäsăNtˈ [key]Rigaud, Hyacinthe, [key]Rigaud, Hyacinthe rēgōˈ [key]Rigaud, Hyacinthe ē rôs [key], 1659–1743, French portrait…Seghers, Hercules
(Encyclopedia) Seghers or Segers, Hercules PieterszSeghers or Segers, Hercules Pieterszhĕrˈküləs pēˈtərs sāˈgərs [key], c.1589–c.1638, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, b. Haarlem. Seghers's work…Oud, Jacobus Johannes Pieter
(Encyclopedia) Oud, Jacobus Johannes PieterOud, Jacobus Johannes Pieteryäkōˈbəs yōhäˈnəs pēˈtər out [key], 1890–1963, Dutch architect. Oud's interest in abstract painting led him to conceive of…Snyders, Frans
(Encyclopedia) Snyders, FransSnyders, Fransfräns snīˈdərs [key], 1579–1657, most celebrated Flemish still-life and animal painter, b. Antwerp. He studied with Bruegel, the younger, and Hendrik van…Forsyth, John
(Encyclopedia) Forsyth, JohnForsyth, Johnfôrsīthˈ [key], 1780–1841, American cabinet member, b. Fredericksburg, Va. He began law practice in Augusta, Va., and was in the House of Representatives from…Tasman, Abel Janszoon
(Encyclopedia) Tasman, Abel JanszoonTasman, Abel Janszoonäˈbəl yänˈsōn täˈsmän [key], 1603?–1659, Dutch navigator. In the service of the Dutch East India Company from c.1632 to 1653, he made several…Yonkers
(Encyclopedia) YonkersYonkersyŏnˈkərz [key], city (1990 pop. 188,082), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the east bank of the Hudson, in a hilly region just N of the Bronx (New York City); inc. 1855.…Reichstag
(Encyclopedia) ReichstagReichstagrīkhsˈtäk [key] [Ger.,=imperial parliament], name for the diet of the Holy Roman Empire, for the lower chamber of the federal parliament of the North German…Trending
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