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(Encyclopedia)Girgashite –sīt [key], in the Bible, Canaanite nation, whose land was occupied by Israel. ...Phalti
(Encyclopedia)Phalti fălˈtīəl [key], in the Bible, husband of Michal, who was previously David's wife. ...Tikvah
(Encyclopedia)Tikvah –văth [key], in the Bible. 1 Huldah's father-in-law. 2 Jahaziah's father. ...Estrada Palma, Tomás
(Encyclopedia)Estrada Palma, Tomás pälˈmä [key], 1835–1908, Cuban revolutionist and first president (1902–6) of Cuba. An active participant in the Ten Years War (1868–78), he became a general (1876) and w...Lalemant, Gabriel
(Encyclopedia)Lalemant, Gabriel (Saint Gabriel Lalemant) lälmäNˈ [key], 1610–49, French Jesuit missionary in North America, nephew of Charles Lalemant and Jérôme Lalemant, one of the Jesuit Martyrs of North...Aristarchus of Samothrace
(Encyclopedia)Aristarchus of Samothrace sămˈəthrās [key], c.217–c.145 b.c., Greek scholar, successor to his teacher, Aristophanes of Byzantium, as librarian at Alexandria. He was an innovator of scientific sc...Melchior, Lauritz
(Encyclopedia)Melchior, Lauritz mĕlˈkēôr [key], 1890–1973, Danish heroic tenor. He made his debut in Copenhagen in 1913, singing a baritone role in I Pagliacci, and sang regularly at the Bayreuth Festivals f...Montgolfier, Joseph Michel
(Encyclopedia)Montgolfier, Joseph Michel zhäk ātyĕnˈ [key], 1745–99, French inventors, brothers. Together they invented the first practical balloon. On June 5, 1783, they sent up at Annonay, near Lyons, a lar...Montmorency, Mathieu II, baron de
(Encyclopedia)Montmorency, Mathieu II, baron de môNmôräNsēˈ [key], d. 1230, constable of France (1218–30), called the Great Constable. He fought under Philip II at Château Gaillard (1203–4) and Bouvines ...Ludwig, Emil
(Encyclopedia)Ludwig, Emil lo͞otˈvĭkh [key], 1881–1948, German biographer, originally named Emil Cohn. His vivid and dramatic (although sometimes unreliable) portraits of great men include Goethe (1920, tr. 1...Browse by Subject
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