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Merovingian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Merovingian art and architectureMerovingian art and architecturemĕrˌəvĭnˈjēən [key]. This period is named for Merovech, the founder of the first Germanic-Frankish dynasty (c.a.d. 500–a…

Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee, Wis.Designed in 2001 by Santiago Calatrava photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Milwaukee Art Museum as one…

Walker Art Center

Minneapolis, Minn.Designed in 2005 by Edward Larrabee Barnes photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected the Walker Art Center…

Weisman Art Museum

Minneapolis, Minn.Designed in 1990 by Frank Gehry photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected Weisman Art Museum as one of…

Hood, John Bell

(Encyclopedia) Hood, John Bell, 1831–79, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Owingsville, Ky. He resigned from the army (Apr., 1861) and entered the Confederate service 1862. He fought…

Bell, Sir Charles

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Sir Charles, 1774–1842, Scottish anatomist and surgeon. He became professor of anatomy and surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, in 1824 and was professor of surgery…

Bell, Cool Papa

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Cool Papa (James Thomas Bell), 1903–91, African-American baseball player, b. Starkville, Miss. A centerfielder and switch hitter as well as one of the fastest baserunners in…

Bell, John Joy

(Encyclopedia) Bell, John Joy, 1871–1934, Scottish author. He wrote a number of humorous stories and plays, frequently in dialect, of life in Glasgow, but is best remembered for his story Wee…

Bell, Alexander Graham

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847–1922, American scientist, inventor of the telephone, b. Edinburgh, Scotland, educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh and University College, London; son of…

Bell, Alexander Melville

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Alexander Melville, 1819–1905, Scottish-American educator, b. Edinburgh. Bell worked out a physiological or visible alphabet, with symbols that were intended to represent every…