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The Red Cross & Crescent

The Question: When was the Red Crescent Society founded? The Answer: Swiss businessman Jean Henri Dunant founded what would eventually become the International…

Notable Filmmakers and Directors

Spike Lee See also Actors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and Theater Personalities Women Stage and Screen…

Scientists: Physical Sciences

  Notable Scientists: Physical Sciences Astronomers, astrophysicists, chemists, and physicists     Jump to a category: AstronomersAstrophysicistsChemistsPhysicists…

State Department Notes on Luxembourg

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: History Government Political Conditions Economy Defense U.S. Relations HISTORYAfter 400 years of domination by various European nations,…

Scientists: Life Sciences

Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Life Science…

Daniel, Antoine

(Encyclopedia) Daniel, Antoine (Saint Antony Daniel)Daniel, AntoineäNtwänˈ dänyĕlˈ [key], 1600–1648, French missionary in the New World, a Jesuit priest. He came in 1632 to Canada and in 1634 went…

ophicleide

(Encyclopedia) ophicleideophicleideŏfˈĭklīd [key] [Gr.,=serpent with keys], brass wind musical instrument of relatively wide conical bore, largest of the keyed bugles; invented in 1817 by Jean-…

Chabanel, Noël

(Encyclopedia) Chabanel, Noël (St. Noël Chabanel)Chabanel, Noëlnôĕlˈ shäbänĕlˈ [key], 1613–49, French missionary in North America, a Jesuit. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1630, came as a…

Boieldieu, François Adrien

(Encyclopedia) Boieldieu, François AdrienBoieldieu, François AdrienfräNswäˈ ädrēăNˈ bwäldyöˈ [key], 1775–1834, French composer. He studied with the organist of the cathedral in Rouen and composed one…

Santer, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Santer, Jacques (Jean Jacques Santer)Santer, JacqueszhäN zhäk säNtĕrˈ [key], 1937–, Luxembourg political leader and European statesman. A lawyer and economist, he entered politics as a…