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Frederick the Great

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Great: see Frederick II, king of Prussia.

Frederick the Warlike

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Warlike: see Frederick I, elector of Saxony.

Frederick the Wise

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Wise: see Frederick III, elector of Saxony.

Great Elector, the

(Encyclopedia) Great Elector, the: see Frederick William.

Golden Ass, The

(Encyclopedia) Golden Ass, The: see Apuleius, Lucius.

Golden Bough, The

(Encyclopedia) Golden Bough, The: see Frazer, Sir James George.

Golden Legend, The

(Encyclopedia) Golden Legend, The, collection of saints' lives written in the 13th cent. by Jacobus da Varagine. Originally entitled Legenda sanctorum [readings in the lives of the saints], it soon…

Grateful Dead, The

(Encyclopedia) Grateful Dead, The, American rock music group formed in 1965 by guitarists Jerry Garcia, 1942–95, and Bob Weir, 1947–, harmonica player Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, 1945–73, bassist Phil…

Geoffroy the Elder

(Encyclopedia) Geoffroy the Elder: see Geoffroy, Étienne François.

Eric the Red

(Encyclopedia) Eric the Red, fl. 10th cent., Norse chieftain, discoverer and colonizer of Greenland according to the sagas. He left (c.950) Norway with his exiled father and settled in Iceland. A…