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Juárez Celman, Miguel

(Encyclopedia)Juárez Celman, Miguel mēgĕlˈ hwäˈrās sĕlˈmän [key], 1844–1909, president of Argentina (1886–90). After political service in the province of Córdoba, he became president for a six-year t...

Flecker, James Elroy

(Encyclopedia)Flecker, James Elroy, 1884–1915, English poet and playwright. From 1910–13 he served in the diplomatic corps. A preoccupation with the exotic is revealed in his verse, particularly in The Golden J...

jingoism

(Encyclopedia)jingoism jĭngˈgōĭzəm [key], advocacy of a policy of aggressive nationalism. The term was first used in connection with certain British politicians who sought to bring England into the Russo-Turki...

Mancha, La

(Encyclopedia)Mancha, La lä mänˈchä [key], historic region of central Spain, in historic New Castile, comprising Ciudad Real prov. and part of the provinces of Toledo, Albacete, and Cuenca. This high, barren pl...

Richier, Germaine

(Encyclopedia)Richier, Germaine rēshyāˈ [key], 1904–59, French sculptor. She studied with Bourdelle (1925–29) and after 1940 developed a tortured awareness expressed in powerful, distorted figures. Richier's...

Grisi, Giulia

(Encyclopedia)Grisi, Giulia jo͞oˈlyä grēˈzē [key], 1811–69, Italian operatic soprano. She toured the United States in 1854 with Giuseppe Mario, whom she married in 1856. Roles were written for her by Bellin...

Goole

(Encyclopedia)Goole go͞ol [key], municipal borough, East Riding of Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence...

García Icazbalceta, Joaquín

(Encyclopedia)García Icazbalceta, Joaquín hwäkēnˈ gärsēˈä ēkäsbälsāˈtä [key], 1824–94, Mexican philologist, bibliographer, and historian. He edited the works of many early Mexican writers, compiled...

Slevogt, Max

(Encyclopedia)Slevogt, Max mäks slāˈfôkht [key], 1868–1932, German painter. Slevogt, together with Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth, was among the principal exponents of German impressionism and was influence...

Sarmatia

(Encyclopedia)Sarmatia särmāˈshə [key], ancient district between the Vistula River and the Caspian Sea, gradually conquered and occupied by the Sarmatians [Lat. Sarmatae] or Sauromatians (a term used by Herodot...