(Encyclopedia) Eguren, José MaríaEguren, José Maríahōsāˈ mārēˈä ĕg&oomacr;ˈrān [key], 1882–1942, Peruvian poet. Originally devoted to modernismo, Eguren avoided its excesses and wrote terse,…
(Encyclopedia) Drago, Luis MaríaDrago, Luis Maríal&oomacr;ēsˈ märēˈä dräˈgō [key], 1859–1921, Argentine statesman, jurist, and writer on international law. As minister of foreign affairs under…
(Encyclopedia) Crespi, Giuseppe MariaCrespi, Giuseppe Mariaj&oomacr;zĕpˈpā märēˈä [key]Crespi, Giuseppe Maria krāsˈpē [key], 1665–1747, Italian painter of the Bolognese school, called Lo…
(Encyclopedia) Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806–85, American abolitionist, b. Weymouth, Mass. In 1834 she became a close associate of William Lloyd Garrison, helped organize the Boston Female Anti-Slavery…
(Encyclopedia) Heredia, José MaríaHeredia, José Maríahōsāˈ märēˈä ārāˈᵺēä [key], 1803–39, Cuban journalist and poet. He is considered the most lyrical of the poets writing during the period of the…
(Encyclopedia) Grimaldi, Francesco MariaGrimaldi, Francesco Mariafränchāsˈkō märēˈä grēmälˈdē [key], 1618?–1663, Italian physicist and mathematician. A Jesuit and professor at Bologna, he studied in…
(Encyclopedia) Giulini, Carlo Maria, 1914–2005, Italian conductor. A disciple of Arturo Toscanini, he was first known as a conductor of opera, debuting in Bergamo in 1950 and subsequently conducting…
(Encyclopedia) Goeppert-Mayer, Maria, 1906–72, German-American nuclear physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1930. She was a researcher at Johns Hopkins (1931–39), Columbia (1939–46), Argonne National…
(Encyclopedia) Fornés, María Irene, 1930–2018, Cuban-American playwright and director; she emigrated from Cuba with her family after her father's death in 1945. An early experimental work, Promenade…
(Encyclopedia) Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756–1837, wife of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV). He was her third husband. The marriage (1785) was illegal by the terms of the Royal Marriage Act…
