(Encyclopedia) Angelico, FraAngelico, Frafrä änjĕlˈĭkō [key], c.1400–1455, Florentine painter, b. Vicchio, Tuscany. He was variously named Guido (his baptismal name), or Guidolino, di Pietro; and…
(Encyclopedia) Poplar Bluff, city (1990 pop. 16,996), seat of Butler co., SE Mo., in the Ozark foothills, on the low bluffs of the Black River near the Ark. line; inc. 1870. It is a trade, shipping,…
(Encyclopedia) EshtemoaEshtemoaĕshˈtēmōˈə [key]. City, S ancient Palestine, near Hebron in the mountains. It is mentioned several times in the Bible; it is called EshtemohEshtemoa–mōˈ [key] in the…
(Encyclopedia) Beer, Thomas, 1889–1940, American author, b. Council Bluffs, Iowa, grad. Yale, 1911, and studied law at Columbia, 1911–13. He is best remembered for his biographies of Stephen Crane (…
(Encyclopedia) Niccolò di Piero LambertiNiccolò di Piero Lambertinēk-kōlôˈ dē pyāˈrō lämbĕrˈtē [key], c.1370–1451, Italian sculptor and architect of the early Renaissance, sometimes called Niccolò d'…
(Encyclopedia) Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861–1937, American author, b. New Bedford, Mass. He is best remembered as the author of the authorized biography of Mark Twain (3 vol., 1912) and as the editor…
(Encyclopedia) Talitha cumiTalitha cumitălˈĭthə ky&oomacr;ˈmī [key] [Aramaic,=maiden, arise], in the Gospel of St. Mark, the words said by Jesus to the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue as…
(Encyclopedia) standpatters, in U.S. history, term used early in the 20th cent. to designate conservatives in the Republican party as against the Insurgents or progressive Republicans. The term is…
(Encyclopedia) Gabrieli, AndreaGabrieli, Andreaändrĕˈä gäbrēāˈlē [key], c.1510–1586, Italian organist and composer; possibly a pupil of Adrian Willaert. In 1536 he was a chorister at St. Mark's…
