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Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred, 1924–2014, British sculptor, one of the most important and influential modernist sculptors of the late 20th cent. Educated as an engineer (grad. Cambridge, 1944), he studie...Van Dyck, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Van Dyck or Vandyke, Sir Anthony both: văn dīk [key], 1599–1641, Flemish portrait and religious painter and etcher, b. Antwerp. In 1618 he was received as a master in the artists' guild, but even ...Wilkinson, James
(Encyclopedia)Wilkinson, James, 1757–1825, American general and one of the most corrupt and devious officers in the nation's early army, b. Calvert co., Md. Abandoning his medical studies in 1776 to join the army...De Niro, Robert Anthony Jr.
(Encyclopedia) De Niro, Robert Anthony, Jr., 1943-, American film actor and director, b. New York, N.Y. Both of De Niro’s parents were painters; De Niro was raised...Ashley, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Ashley, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Baron: see Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of. ...Brooke, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson
(Encyclopedia)Brooke, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson: see Brooke, Sir James. ...Lincoln Park
(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Park, city (1990 pop. 41,832), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb adjacent to Detroit, on the Detroit River; inc. 1921. It is a residential community in an area marked by a significant decline in i...Southgate
(Encyclopedia)Southgate, city (1990 pop. 30,771), Wayne co., SE Mich., a largely residential suburb of Detroit; settled 1840–60, inc. 1958. Transportation equipment is manufactured. ...Riverview
(Encyclopedia)Riverview, city (1990 pop. 13,894), Wayne co., SE Mich., on the Detroit River, a suburb of Detroit; inc. 1959. Plumbing fixtures, industrial chemicals, and steel wheels are among the manufactures of R...Harper, Ida Husted
(Encyclopedia)Harper, Ida Husted, 1851–1931, American woman suffragist. Allied with the woman-suffrage movement from 1898, she became the official reporter and historian of the National American Woman Suffrage As...Browse by Subject
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