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(Encyclopedia)Ascot ăsˈkət [key], town, Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England. The famous horse races instituted by Queen Anne in 1711 are held annually in June on Ascot Heath. Ascot remains an important soc...Stifter, Adalbert
(Encyclopedia)Stifter, Adalbert äˈdälbĕrt shtĭfˈtər [key], 1805–68, Austrian writer, b. Bohemia. Learned in law, mathematics, and science and accomplished as an artist, he was a tutor to important families...Lenclos, Ninon de
(Encyclopedia)Lenclos, Ninon de nēnôNˈ də läNklōˈ [key], 1620–1705, French beauty and wit. Her real name was Anne de Lenclos. She numbered among her many lovers and friends such eminent men as the Great Co...České Budĕjovice
(Encyclopedia)České Budĕjovice chĕsˈkā bo͝oˈdyĕyôvĭtsĕ [key...Plauen
(Encyclopedia)Plauen plouˈən [key], city (1994 pop. 69,387), Saxony, E central Germany, on the White Elster River and at the northwestern foot of the Erzgebirge. It has been a textile-milling center since the 15t...Liberec
(Encyclopedia)Liberec lĭˈbĕrĕts [key], Ger. Reichenberg, city (1991 pop. 101,967), N Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the Lausitzer Neisse (Lužická Nisa) River and near the German and Polish borders. The city i...Brontë
(Encyclopedia)Brontë brŏnˈtē [key], family of English novelists, including Charlotte Brontë, 1816–55, English novelist, Emily Jane Brontë, 1818–48, English novelist and poet, and Anne Brontë, 1820–49, ...Sansovino, Andrea
(Encyclopedia)Sansovino, Andrea ändrĕˈä sänsōvēˈnō [key], c.1460–1529, Florentine sculptor and architect of the High Renaissance, b. Monte Sansavino. His real name was Andrea Contucci. He trained under A...Richard II
(Encyclopedia)Richard II, 1367–1400, king of England (1377–99), son of Edward the Black Prince. Richard is possibly the most enigmatic of the English kings. Some historians have attributed his behavior in ...Hopkins, Johns
(Encyclopedia)Hopkins, Johns, 1795–1873, American financier and philanthropist, founder of Johns Hopkins Univ., b. Anne Arundel co., Md. In 1819 he founded his own commission firm, later known as Hopkins Brothers...Browse by Subject
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