Eddie Murphy stars in The Haunted Mansion
by Beth Rowen The Haunted Mansion Rated PG Like Pirates of the Caribbean, this film, starring Eddie Murphy, was inspired by…
(Encyclopedia) Colomb or Colombe, MichelColomb or Colombe, Michelboth: mēshĕlˈ kôlôNˈ [key], c.1430–1512, French sculptor, one of the masters of the French Renaissance. Few of his works survive. His…
(Encyclopedia) Esalen Institute, organization est. 1962 by Michael Murphy and Richard Price that was an important center for the so-called human potential movement of the 1960s and 70s. Located in…
(Encyclopedia) Charles of Blois (Charles of Châtillon)Charles of Bloisblwä, shätēyôNˈ [key], c.1319–1364, duke of Brittany; nephew of Philip VI of France. He was one of the chief participants in the…
(Encyclopedia) Loire-AtlantiqueLoire-Atlantiquelwär-ätläNtēkˈ [key], formerly Loire-Maritime, department (1990 pop. 1,058,100), NW France, in S Brittany, on the Atlantic coast. The main cities are…
(Encyclopedia) Viète or Vieta, FrançoisViète or Vieta, FrançoisfräNswäˈ vyĕt, vyātäˈ, vīēˈtə [key], 1540–1603, French mathematician. As a founder of modern algebra, he introduced the use of letters…
(Encyclopedia) McClellan, George Brinton, Jr., 1865–1940, American politician and educator, b. Dresden, Saxony, Germany; son of Gen. George B. McClellan. He studied law and joined (1889) Tammany Hall…
(Encyclopedia) Gildas, SaintGildas, Saintgĭlˈdəs [key], d. 570, British historian, possibly a Welsh monk. Shortly before 547 he wrote the De excidio et conquestu Britanniae, a Latin history of…
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