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Boldrewood, Rolf

(Encyclopedia)Boldrewood, Rolf: see Browne, Thomas Alexander. ...

Slick, Sam

(Encyclopedia)Slick, Sam: see Haliburton, Thomas Chandler. ...

neo-Thomism

(Encyclopedia)neo-Thomism: see Thomas Aquinas, Saint. ...

New York City Ballet

(Encyclopedia)New York City Ballet (NYCB), one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. In 1948 th...

Frederick II, king of Sicily

(Encyclopedia)Frederick II, 1272–1337, king of Sicily (1296–1337), 3d son of Peter III of Aragón. When his brother, who was king of Sicily, became (1291) king of Aragón as James II, Frederick was his regent i...

Andrewes, Lancelot

(Encyclopedia)Andrewes, Lancelot ănˈdro͞oz [key], 1555–1626, Anglican divine, bishop of Chichester (1605), Ely (1609), and Winchester (1619). One of the most learned men of his time (his knowledge encompassed ...
 

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