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Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, John Russell, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Russell, 1st earl of: see Russell, family. ...

Chiron

(Encyclopedia)Chiron kīˈrŏn [key], in Greek mythology, centaur, son of Kronos. He was a renowned sage, physician, and prophet. Among his pupils were Hercules, Achilles, Jason, and Asclepius. When Hercules accide...

Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Arnim, Mary Annette (Beauchamp), Countess von

(Encyclopedia)Arnim, Mary Annette (Beauchamp), Countess von: see Russell, Mary Annette (Beauchamp) Russell, Countess. ...

Russell, William, 5th earl and 1st duke of Bedford

(Encyclopedia)Russell, William, 5th earl and 1st duke of Bedford: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, William Russell, 5th earl and 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, William Russell, 5th earl and 1st duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Grey, Zane

(Encyclopedia)Grey, Zane, 1872–1939, American writer of Western stories, b. Zanesville, Ohio, as Pearl Zane Gray, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1896. His melodramatic tales of the West and Southwest are vivid in t...

Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de

(Encyclopedia)Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de fränthēˈskō dā rōˈhäs thôrēˈlyä [key], 1607–48, Spanish dramatist. He created a new type of comedia de gracioso, enlarging the role of the gracioso, or buffo...

Isla, José Francisco de

(Encyclopedia)Isla, José Francisco de hōsāˈ fränthēˈskō dā ēˈslä [key], 1703–81, Spanish Jesuit preacher and writer. Enormously precocious, he took his law degree at 11. Isla's fame rests on the satir...