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Phips, Sir William
(Encyclopedia) Phips, Sir William, 1651–95, American colonial governor. Born in what is today Maine, he was a carpenter and shipbuilder in Boston and became interested in sunken treasure. On his…2002 Deaths: R - Z
Dee Dee RamoneTony RazzanoDavid RiesmanPolly RileyJean-Paul RiopelleHerb RittsLarry RiversMatt RobinsonFranziska Rochat-MoserReginald RoseWilliam RosenbergTed RossKyle RoteEd RungePaul…Medal Standings by Sport
Looking for great features on the TURIN GAMES? See: 2006 TURIN WINTER GAMES. Choose a sport:Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Cross-Country Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing…Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician whose broad knowledge made him one of the most influential European thinkers of the 18th century. The son of a philosophy…Richard Wagner
Name at birth: Wilhelm Richard WagnerRichard Wagner is the 19th century German composer and poet famous for taking opera to new dramatic heights in such works as Der Fliegende Holländer (1841) and…Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
(Encyclopedia) Hegel, Georg Wilhelm FriedrichHegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrichgāˈôrkh vĭlˈhĕlm frēˈdrĭkh hāˈgəl [key], 1770–1831, German philosopher, b. Stuttgart; son of a government clerk. Hegel…2008 Canoe Slalom Medalists
These are the medal winners of the men's and women's canoe slalom events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. MEN Event Score Kayak 1 Alexander Grimm, GER 171.70…Brewer's: Heimdaller
The learned humbugs in the court of King Dinube of Hisisburg. (Grimm's Goblins.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Heims-kringlaHeimdall's Horn A B C D E…Brewer's: Grethel
(Gammer). The hypothetical narrator of the Nursery Tales edited by the brothers Grimm. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gretna Green MarriagesGretchen A B C…Brewer's: Nickar
or Hnickar. The name assumed by Odin when he impersonates the destroying principle. (Grimm: Deutsche Mythologic.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Nickel…Trending
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