(Encyclopedia) Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron, 1778–1863, British soldier and colonial administrator. He served in Egypt (1801) and Sicily (1806), participated (1808–14) in the Peninsular War, and…
(Encyclopedia) Saint-CloudSaint-CloudsăN-kl&oomacr;ˈ [key], town (1990 est. pop. 28,673), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, a suburb W of Paris on the Seine River. It is a residential town…
(Encyclopedia) Villeneuve, Pierre deVilleneuve, Pierre depyĕr də vēlnövˈ [key], 1763–1806, French admiral. He commanded the rear guard of the fleet in the disastrous battle of Abu Qir (1798). His…
(Encyclopedia) StendhalStendhalstăNdälˈ [key], pseud. of Marie Henri BeyleStendhalmärē äNrēˈ bĕl [key], 1783–1842, French writer, recognized as one of the great French novelists.
He grew up in…
(Encyclopedia) Pitt, William, 1759–1806, British statesman; 2d son of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham. Trained as a lawyer, he entered Parliament in 1781 and in 1782 at the age of 23 became…
(Encyclopedia) Isabey, Jean BaptisteIsabey, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ ēzäbāˈ [key], 1767–1855, French portrait painter and miniaturist. He was a pupil of J. L. David and was greatly influenced by…
(Encyclopedia) Fontaine, Pierre François LéonardFontaine, Pierre François Léonardpyĕr fräNswäˈ lāōnärˈ fôNtĕnˈ [key], 1762–1853, French architect. He was known chiefly for the work which, beginning…
(Encyclopedia) Ludwig, EmilLudwig, Emilāˈmēl [key]Ludwig, Emil l&oomacr;tˈvĭkh [key], 1881–1948, German biographer, originally named Emil Cohn. His vivid and dramatic (although sometimes…
(Encyclopedia) Kellermann, François ChristopheKellermann, François ChristophefräNswäˈ krēstôfˈ kĕlĕrmänˈ [key], 1735–1820, marshal of France, b. Strasbourg. He served in the Seven Years War and won…
(Encyclopedia) Milan Decree, issued Dec., 1807, by Napoleon I of France in an attempt to enforce the Continental System. Designed to strengthen the Berlin Decree, it authorized French warships and…
