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Tshisekedi, Félix Antoine
(Encyclopedia)Tshisekedi, Félix Antoine, 1963–, political leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, son of longtime opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi. Elected to the Congolese parliament in 2011, he re...Beor
(Encyclopedia)Beor bēˈôr [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Balaam. An alternate form is Bosor. 2 Father of Bela (1.) ...Adaiah
(Encyclopedia)Adaiah ədāˈyə [key], in the Bible. 1 Josiah's mother's father. 2 Father of Maaseiah. 3 Ancestor of Asaiah. ...Shelemiah
(Encyclopedia)Shelemiah shĕlˌəmīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Hananiah. 2 Treasurer. 3 Father of Irijah. 4 See Meshelemiah. These identifications are not all certain; other appearances of the name may r...Anchises
(Encyclopedia)Anchises ănkīˈsēz [key], in Greek mythology, member of the ruling family of Troy; father of Aeneas by Aphrodite. When Anchises boasted of the goddess's love, Zeus crippled or, in some versions of ...Hur
(Encyclopedia)Hur, in the Bible. 1 One who upheld a hand of Moses at Rephidim. 2 Grandfather of Bezaleel (1,) perhaps the same as 1. 3 Midianite king killed by the Hebrews. 4 Father of an officer of Solomon. 5 Fath...Uri , in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Uri yo͞oˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Bezaleel (1.) 2 Father of Geber (2.) 3 Porter. ...Meléndez, Luis
(Encyclopedia)Meléndez, Luis lo͞oēsˈ mālānˈdāth [key], 1716–80, Spanish painter. He assisted his father, artist Francisco Melendez, until 1737, when he began studying with Lewis-Michel Vanloo, the court p...Edmund Ironside
(Encyclopedia)Edmund Ironside, d. 1016, king of the English (1016), son of Æthelred the Unready. Contrary to the wishes of his father, he married (1015) the widow of Siferth, a Danish thane, and was accepted as ru...Burbage, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Burbage, Richard bûrˈbĭj [key], 1567?–1619, first great English actor. The leading tragedian of the Chamberlain's Men, he originated the title roles in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Lear, Othello, and Ri...Browse by Subject
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