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Johnson, Philip Cortelyou
(Encyclopedia)Johnson, Philip Cortelyou, 1906–2005, American architect, museum curator, and historian, b. Cleveland, grad. Harvard Univ. (B.A., 1927). One of the first Americans to study modern European architect...May, Philip William
(Encyclopedia)May, Philip William (Phil May), 1864–1903, English pen-and-ink caricaturist, b. Leeds. After living in poverty for many years, he made numerous drawings for the St. Stephen's Review. Phil May's Wint...Means, Philip Ainsworth
(Encyclopedia)Means, Philip Ainsworth, 1892–1944, American historian and archaeologist, b. Boston. An assistant on a Yale expedition to Peru (1914–15), he was later (1920–21) director of the National Museum o...Mickelson, Philip Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Mickelson, Philip Alfred, 1970-, American golf pro, b. San Diego, Ca., Arizona State Univ. (BA, 1992) . Mickelson began playing golf with his ...Artevelde, Philip van
(Encyclopedia)Artevelde, Philip van, 1340–82, Flemish popular leader, captain general of Ghent; son of Jacob van Artevelde. In the struggle between the so-called Goods (the propertied classes supported by the cou...Murphy, Philip Dunton
(Encyclopedia)Murphy, Philip Dunton: see New Jersey. ...Otterbein, Philip William
(Encyclopedia)Otterbein, Philip William ŏtˈərbīnˌ [key], 1726–1813, German-American clergyman, a founder of the United Brethren in Christ. After pastoral work in Germany, he emigrated (1752) to America as a ...Krapp, George Philip
(Encyclopedia)Krapp, George Philip, 1872–1934, American scholar, b. Cincinnati. Krapp joined the faculty of Columbia Univ. in 1897, was professor of English at the Univ. of Cincinnati (1908–10) and at Columbia ...Marnix, Philip van
(Encyclopedia)Marnix, Philip van fēˈlĭp vän märˈnĭks [key], 1540–98, Flemish patriot, lord of Sainte-Aldegonde. He became a Calvinist in his youth and was the chief author of the Compromise of Breda (1566;...Marston, Philip Bourke
(Encyclopedia)Marston, Philip Bourke: see under Marston, John Westland. ...Browse by Subject
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