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Jósika, Miklós, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Jósika, Miklós, BaronJósika, Miklós, Baronbäˈrōn mĭkˈlōsh yōˈshĭkŏ [key], 1794–1865, Hungarian novelist and patriot. The originator of the Hungarian historical novel, he was often…

Wappers, Gustave, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Wappers, Gustave, BaronWappers, Gustave, Barongüstävˈ bärôNˈ väpĕrsˈ, väpˈərs [key], 1803–74, Belgian historical and genre painter. For many years director of the Antwerp Academy, he…

Seillière, Ernest, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Seillière, Ernest, BaronSeillière, Ernest, Baronĕrnĕstˈ bärôNˈ sāyĕrˈ [key], 1866–1955, French critic and philosopher. He is best known as an opponent of romanticism and for his…

Baron, Salo Wittmayer

(Encyclopedia) Baron, Salo WittmayerBaron, Salo Wittmayersäˈlō vĭtˈmīər bärônˈ [key], 1895–1989, Jewish historian and educator, b. Galicia. He was taken as a child to Vienna, where he later studied…

2006 Academy Awards

The 2006 Academy Awards were presented February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre. Best Picture Babel   The Departed   Letters from Iwo Jima   Little Miss Sunshine   The Queen…

Steuben Glass

The Question: Did Baron Wilhelm Von Steuben have anything to do with the development of Steuben glass? The Answer: Not really. The Steuben…

Herbert W. Boyer

Born: 1936 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. Recombinant DNA technology—Biochemists Boyer and Cohen combined their expertise in 1973 to create the first genetically engineered organism. They did this by…

Collins, Susan Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Susan Margaret, , 1952- , American politician, b. Caribou, Me., St. Lawrence University (BA, 1975). Both of Collins’s parents…

Notable Philosophers

René Descartes See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Philosophy Major Religions of the World Biographies by CategoryAbelard, Peter, French…

Nagel, Ernest

(Encyclopedia) Nagel, Ernest, 1901–85, American philosopher, b. Nové Město (now in the Czech Republic), grad. College of the City of New York, 1923, and Columbia (Ph.D., 1930). His family emigrated…