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King Nebuchadnezzar

The Question: I am searching for "King Nebedkenezer", but I'm uncertain of the spelling. When I search your site everything about kings appeared except what…

Suárez González, Adolfo

(Encyclopedia) Suárez González, AdolfoSuárez González, Adolfoädôlˈfō swäˈrāth gōnthäˈlĕth [key], 1932–2014, Spanish lawyer and political leader. Because he had worked in the Nationalist Movement (the…

Mendieta y Montefur, Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Mendieta y Montefur, CarlosMendieta y Montefur, Carloskärˈlōs māndyāˈtä ē mōntāf&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1873–1960, Cuban political leader. He was one of the chief opponents of Gerardo…

Mariátegui, José Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Mariátegui, José CarlosMariátegui, José Carloshōsāˈ kärˈlōs märēäˈtāgē [key], 1895–1930, Peruvian writer and political leader. Of a poor family, he was a tubercular from childhood but…

Lleras Restrepo, Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Lleras Restrepo, CarlosLleras Restrepo, Carloskärˈlōs lyāˈräs rāstrāˈpō [key], 1908–94, president of Colombia (1966–70). The son of a well-known bacteriologist, he was a lawyer and…

Kirchner, Néstor Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Kirchner, Néstor CarlosKirchner, Néstor Carlosnāˈstôr kärˈlōs kērchˈnâr [key], 1950–2010, Argentinean politician. A native of Patagonia, he was a lawyer and left-wing Peronist and,…

López, Carlos Antonio

(Encyclopedia) López, Carlos AntonioLópez, Carlos Antoniokärˈlōs äntôˈnyō lōˈpās [key], 1790?–1862, president of Paraguay (1844–62). He rose to power shortly after the death of J. G. Rodríguez…

Arana Osorio, Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Arana Osorio, CarlosArana Osorio, Carloskärˈlōs äräˈnä ōsōˈryō [key], 1918–2003, president of Guatemala (1970–74). A conservative army colonel noted for his successes during an…

Williams, William Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Williams, William Carlos, 1883–1963, American poet and physician, b. Rutherford, N.J., educated in Geneva, Switzerland, Univ. of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1906), and Univ. of Leipzig, where…

Buell, Don Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Buell, Don Carlos, 1818–98, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Marietta, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1841. Buell was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War (May,…