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Branting, Hjalmar

(Encyclopedia) Branting, HjalmarBranting, Hjalmaryälˈmär bränˈtĭng [key], 1860–1925, Swedish premier. A leader of the Social Democratic party, he was finance minister in 1917. As premier (1920, 1921–…

Africanus, Sextus Julius

(Encyclopedia) Africanus, Sextus JuliusAfricanus, Sextus Juliussĕkˈstəs j&oomacr;lˈyəs ăfrĭkāˈnəs [key], c.160–c.240, Christian historian. He wrote Chronologia, a history of the world from the…

atrium

(Encyclopedia) atriumatriumāˈtrēəm [key], term for an interior court in Roman domestic architecture and also for a type of entrance court in early Christian churches. The Roman atrium was an unroofed…

Schapiro, Meyer

(Encyclopedia) Schapiro, MeyerSchapiro, Meyershəpĭrˈō [key], 1904–96, American art historian, b. Siauliai, Lithuania. Schapiro came to the United States in 1907 and later attended Columbia Univ.,…

Schillebeeckx, Edward Cornelius Florentius

(Encyclopedia) Schillebeeckx, Edward Cornelius FlorentiusSchillebeeckx, Edward Cornelius Florentiusskĭlˈəbāks [key], 1914–2009, Belgian Roman Catholic theologian, b. Antwerp. He entered the Dominican…

1982 World History

1982British overcome Argentina in Falklands war (April 2–June 15). Israel invades Lebanon in attack on P.L.O. (June 4). John W. Hinckley, Jr., found not guilty because of insanity in shooting of…

John Henry McCARTHY, Congress, NY (1850-1908)

McCARTHY, John Henry, a Representative from New York; born in New York City November 16, 1850; attended De La Salle Institute, Christian Brothers, and St. Francis Xavier College; engaged in…

James McCLEERY, Congress, LA (1837-1871)

McCLEERY, James, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Mecca Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, December 2, 1837; attended Oberlin (Ohio) College in 1859 and 1860; served in the Union Army…