(Encyclopedia) Pombal, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, marquês dePombal, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, marquês desəbəstyouNˈ zh&oobreve;zĕˈ dĭ kərväˈlyō ē mĕˈl&oobreve; märkāsˈ dĭ p…
(Encyclopedia) Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte deGrasse, François Joseph Paul, comte defräNswäˈ zhôzĕfˈ pōl kôNt də gräs [key], 1722–88, French admiral. In 1781, in command of a French fleet sent…
(Encyclopedia) Radetzky or Radetzki, Joseph, Graf Radetzky de RadetzRadetzky or Radetzki, Joseph, Graf Radetzky de Radetzyōˈzĕf rädĕtˈskē gräf rädĕtˈskē də räˈdĕts [key], 1766–1858, Austrian field…
(Encyclopedia) Azanza, Miguel José deAzanza, Miguel José demēgĕlˈ hōsāˈ dā āthänˈthä [key], 1746–1826, Spanish general and colonial administrator. After brief service in the cabinet of Charles IV, he…
(Encyclopedia) ChinonChinonshēnôNˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 8,961), Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Vienne River. Chinon was an important medieval town and many…
ACKLEN, Joseph Hayes, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Nashville, Tenn., May 20, 1850; educated by private tutors; attended Burlington Military College, near Burlington, N.J., in 1864…
(Encyclopedia) Talavera de la ReinaTalavera de la Reinatälävāˈrä ᵺā lä rāˈnä [key], town (1990 pop. 69,215), Toledo prov., central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha, on the Tagus River. It is in an…
(Encyclopedia) de Duve, Christian (Christian Renē Maria Joseph de Duve), 1917–2013, Belgian cell biologist, b. England, M.D., Catholic Univ. of Louvain, 1941. He joined the faculty at Louvain in 1947…
(Encyclopedia) Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et deFrontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et defrŏnˈtĭnăk, Fr. lwē də büädˈ koNt də pälüōˈ ā də frôNtənäkˈ [key], 1620–98, French…
(Encyclopedia) Leidy, JosephLeidy, Josephlīˈdē [key], 1823–91, American scientist, b. Philadelphia, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania medical school. From 1853 he taught anatomy at his alma mater. He was…
