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John Earle
John Earle , 1601?-1665, English clergyman and author. The Microcosmographie (1628), a collection of witty characterizations, is his most famous work. In 1663 he became bishop of Salisbury. ... Read more
Bridgetown
Bridgetown city (1990 pop. 5,928), capital, commercial center, and chief port of Barbados , West Indies. It is, in addition, a tourist and health resort. Sugar, rum, and molasses are the leading exports, and Bridgetown also serves as an important financial center and transshipment point. The city ... Read more
Thomas May
Thomas May 1595-1650, English author, b. Sussex, grad. Cambridge, 1612. Besides writing several tragedies on classical subjects, he wrote two comedies, The Heir (1620) and The Old Couple (c.1620). He made translations of Lucan's Pharsalia (1626-27) and Vergil's Georgics (1628) and wrote two... Read more
John White
John White 1575-1648, English colonizer. An Anglican priest of moderate Puritan belief, White wished to establish a colony for Puritans. He helped form (1628) the New England Company, which later became (1629) the Massachusetts Bay Company, but he himself never went to America. Bibliography: ... Read more
Petition of Right
Petition of Right 1628, a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parliament to Charles I . Refusal by Parliament to finance the king's unpopular foreign policy had caused his government to exact forced loans and to quarter troops in subjects' houses as an economy measure. Arbitrary arres... Read more
Robert Cambert
Robert Cambert , c.1628-1677, French composer; pupil of Chambonnières. His Pastorale d'Issy (1659) and other works are among the first real French operas. With the librettist Pierre Perrin (1625-75) he created French recitative in operas, including Pomone (1671), which contains all the ... Read more
Carlo Cignani, Conte
Carlo Cignani, Conte , 1628-1719, Italian historical painter of the Bolognese school. He was a pupil of Francesco Albani. The influence of Guido Reni, Carracci, and particularly of Correggio is apparent in much of his fresco work. His notable paintings include The Entry of Paul III into Bologna (p... Read more
Sir John Eliot
Sir John Eliot 1592-1632, English parliamentary leader. He was a staunch defender of parliamentary liberties. Eliot instituted (1626) the impeachment proceedings against Charles I's favorite, the 1st duke of Buckingham , and joined Sir Edward Coke and others in promoting the Petition of Right ,... Read more
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi , 1583-1643, Italian organist and composer. He became organist at St. Peter's in Rome in 1608, where huge crowds came during most of his life to hear him play and improvise. From 1628 to 1634 he was organist at the court of the Medici in Florence. Through his pupil Johann Frobe... Read more
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk , city (1989 pop. 913,000), capital of Krasnoyarsk Territory, W Siberian Russia, on the Yenisei River. A major river port and rail center, it has industries producing heavy equipment for the Trans-Siberian RR, building and mining equipment, and farm and shipbuilding machinery. There are ... Read more

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Malpighi, Marcello (1628–1694)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MALPIGHI, MARCELLO (1628 – 1694) MALPIGHI, MARCELLO (1628 – 1694), Italian physician and anatomist...was born in Crevalcore, near Bologna, on 10 March 1628. He graduated in medicine and philosophy at the University...
Bunyan, John (1628–1688)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World BUNYAN, JOHN (1628 – 1688) BUNYAN, JOHN (1628 – 1688), English Nonconformist author. John Bunyan was born in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, where his father, Thomas Bunyan, was a brazier. Educated at a petty school...
Perrault, Charles (1628–1703)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628 – 1703) PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628 – 1703), French poet, literary theoretician, and fairy tale writer. Charles Perrault belonged to a family of middle-class government functionaries, among whom...
Lamb, John (d. 1628)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Lamb, John (d. 1628) Lamb was a noted astrologer and reputed sorcerer in the time of Charles...wounded to death by saylers and other lads, on Friday the 14 of June, 1628. And dyed in the Poultry Counter, neere cheap-side, on the Saturday...
1st Duke of Buckingham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), greatly influenced kings James I and...controlled the British government from 1618 to 1628. George Villiers was born in 1592, the...In the wake of this new disaster, in 1628 Parliament drafted a Petition of Right...
Wallenstein, A. W. E. von (Originally Waldstein; 1583–1634)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the sole duke of Mecklenburg (January 1628). This arbitrary move caused some disquiet...all hereditary rulers. The campaign of 1628 was anticlimactic. The complete defeat...the Oceanic and Baltic Seas" in February 1628, without a fleet the Danish islands were...
Charles I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...French Protestants in La Rochelle (1627 and 1628). Nor would Parliament willingly grant...imprisonments. Forced to call Parliament again in 1628, he was compelled to agree to the Petition...Although Buckingham was assassinated (1628), the parliamentary session of 1629 was...
Hollar, Wenceslaus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...argument that “in the latter part of 1627, during 1628, and perhaps even in the early part of 1629, Hollar's presence...straight to Frankfurt, it is believed that Hollar spent 1627-1628 in Stuttgart, but found the township to be too small to support...
François Girardon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...The work of the French sculptor François Girardon (1628-1715) reflected the French taste for a restrained, classical...François Girardon was born at Troyes on March 17, 1628. He studied in Rome for an undetermined period of time between...
Thomas Wentworth Strafford, 1st earl of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...for refusing to pay the forced loan. In the Parliament of 1628 he advocated a moderate version of the Petition of Right, but...baron and viscount and president of the council of the north (1628), and Wentworth realigned himself as a firm supporter of royal...

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Bartholin, Caspar
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Sacrae Scripturae (1627), Benedictio Aharonis (1628), and Systema physicum (1628). A mild religious tone is found in his writings...studio theologico ratione inchoando et continuando (1628), where he urges the young to study Holy Writ...
Kircher, Athanasius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...especially, physical curiosities. From 1625 to 1628 Kircher studied theology at Mainz; he was ordained a priest in 1628. His surveying work for the elector during...reading a book on obelisks of Rome. In 1628 Kircher was appointed professor of philosophy...
Silvani, Gherardo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...the Church of San Frediano in Cestello (1628) and the interior of the Church of San Gaetano (from 1628), including the sacristy (1633–...robust and assured Baroque façade (1628–49). Bibliography Paatz &...
Hartlib, Samuel
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...did not matriculate but, presumably, pursued some course of studies. He spent the year 1627-1628 in Elbing but returned to settle in England in 1628. The following year he married Mary Burningham, who died about 1660. Hartlib ’ s...
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of (1592–1628) English statesman, favourite of JAMES I and Charles I. In...expedition to the relief of the HUGUENOTS at La Rochelle. In 1628 he was murdered by a soldier aggrieved by the mismanagement of...
Ribalta, Francisco
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...bapt . Solsona, Catalonia, 2 June 1565; d Valencia, 13 Jan. 1628). Spanish painter, an important figure in the transition from...were influenced by him. His son Juan (1596/7–1628) was an able painter in his father's style, but he died young...
Abbas I
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Abbas I (or Abbas the Great ) (1557–1628) Shah of Persia (1588–1628). He ended an inherited war with the Ottomans by conceding territory (1590) in order to free himself to drive the Uzbek Turks from north-eastern...
petition of right
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History petition of right, 1628. Charles I's levy of a forced loan in 1626–7 and his imprisonment of non‐contributors led the Commons in 1628 to frame a petition outlawing non‐parliamentary taxes and...
Dyck, Sir Anthony van
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...van Dyck worked mainly in Antwerp for the next few years, 1628–32. During this period he painted some of his finest...series of major altarpieces for local churches, beginning in 1628 with the Martyrdom of St Augustine (church of St Augustine...
Beeckman, Isaac
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...students and became the best school in the Netherlands. There, in 1628, with the help of the magistrate he established the first meteorological...to Dordrecht to see him — Descartes made the trip in 1628 and 1629, Gassendi (who called Beeckman “ the best...

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Gateway T-1628: budget model with nice specs, slow speeds.(REVIEWS: LAPTOPS)(Product/service evaluation)
Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...exclusively at Best Buy, the $749.99 T-1628 has an attractive silver finish accented...elsewhere to get them. Because the T-1628 is an off-the-shelf system, you can...sounded weak. As for performance, the T-1628 turned in mostly average test scores despite...
LTC 1628-SYNC minimizes input capacitors in multioutput, high current power supplies - design note 249. (Design Notes: Advertisement).
Magazine article from: EDN Europe; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...supplies. The newly released LTC[R]1628-SYNC PolyPhase[TM] controller can...The synchronization capability of the LTC 1628-SYNC helps reduce input capacitor requirements...with more than two outputs, several LTC 1628-SYNCs can be combined with the LTC 1629...
Magnificent Swedish flagship of 1628 facing new peril
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/2/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...2004 Magnificent Swedish flagship of 1628 facing new peril -- Naturally forming...literally a total flop on its maiden voyage in 1628. It keeled over and sank in minutes as...rival the Vasa's for sheer hubris. In 1628, the year of the Vasa's stillbirth...
Review of The Writing of Royalism 1628-1660.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Early Modern Literary Studies; 1/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...Robert Wilcher. The Writing of Royalism 1628-1660. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001...Robert Wilcher. The Writing of Royalism 1628-1660. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001...Commonwealth. Such a survey covers the years 1628-1660 and is orientated around key historical...
Leonarde's ghost; popular piety and "the appearance of a spirit" in 1628.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 512 words ; ...piety and "the appearance of a spirit" in 1628. Mercier, Christophe. Truman State University...a spirit, Leonarde Colin, on 7 April 1628. For over 50 days, it spoke to her...arrive dans la ville de Dole le 24 juillet 1628 survives in the city's archives. Kathryn...
Security Council extends mission in Democratic Republic of Congo for one month, unanimously adopting resolution 1628 (2005).
M2 Presswire; 9/30/2005; 700+ words ; ...month, unanimously adopting resolution 1628 (2005)(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...October. Unanimously adopting resolution 1628 (2005), the Council reaffirmed its commitment...Resolution The full text of resolution 1628 (2005) reads, as follows: "The Security...
Filmed in Maine, PBS program `will look beautiful' ; More than two dozen people, including some of the state's own Native Americans, will try to re-create life as it was in 1628.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 5/16/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...will try to re-create life as it was in 1628. Byline: RAY ROUTHIER Staff Writer Edition...26 people living under the conditions of 1628 colonial America. The series was shot...people living under the conditions of a 1628 American colonial settlement. Mitchell...
Buckingham and Ireland 1616-1628. A Study in Anglo-Irish Politics.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Buckingham and Ireland 1616-1628. A Study in Anglo-Irish Politics. By Victor Treadwell (Dublin...and the need then for gaining the monarch's ear via The Graces of 1628, indicates a deeply divided Ireland, leading up to and after the...
Vasa 1; the archaeology of a Swedish warship of 1628.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2007; 460 words ; ...9789197465908 Vasa 1; the archaeology of a Swedish warship of 1628. Cederlund, Carl Olof. Ed. by Fred Hocker. Natl Maritime...first voyage, Vasa was a 64-gun warship made in Sweden in 1628 and rediscovered in 1956. This is the first volume in a series...
Alison V. Scott. Selfish Gifts: The Politics of Exchange and English Courtly Literature 1580-1628.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Seventeenth-Century News; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Politics of Exchange and English Courtly Literature, 1580-1628. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2006...can be both given and exchanged. The years between 1580 and 1628 prove especially fertile in generating cultural debate on the...