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Thomas Randolph
Thomas Randolph 1605-35, English poet and dramatist. After graduating from Cambridge in 1632, he went to London where he became a disciple of Ben Jonson. His best-known poems are "A Gratulatory to Ben Jonson" and "On the Death of a Nightingale." Amyntas (1631), The Muses' Looking-Glass ... Read more
Johann Georg Graevius
Johann Georg Graevius , 1632-1703, German antiquary. His German name was Gräve or Greffe. He was historiographer to William III of England and is remembered for his vast catalogs of Roman and Italian antiquities. ... Read more
Alexandre Hardy
Alexandre Hardy , b. between 1569 and 1575, d. 1631 or 1632, French dramatist. His more than 600 plays are unexceptional, but he played a transitional role as innovator of the less lyrical, more dramatic theater later developed by Corneille . ... Read more
Yakutsk
Yakutsk , city (1989 pop. 187,000), capital of the Sakha Republic, E Siberian Russia, a major port on the Lena River. It is also a highway center and has tanneries, sawmills, and brickworks. Yakutsk was founded in 1632. It has a university (founded 1956) and the Yakutsk branch of the Russian Academy... Read more
Jesuit Relations
Jesuit Relations annual reports and narratives written by French Jesuit missionaries at their stations in New France (America) between 1632 and 1673. They are invaluable as historical sources for French exploration and native relations and also as a record of the various indigenous tribes of the re... Read more
Baltimore, George Calvert, 1st Lord
Baltimore, George Calvert, 1st Lord (c.1580–1632). Royal servant, MP, and secretary of state from 1619 to 1625, Calvert relinquished office when he openly declared his conversion to catholicism. He shared with his catholic father-in-law, Lord Arundell of Wardour, a wish for an American lo... Read more
Hendrik van Balen
Hendrik van Balen , 1575-1632, Flemish painter, b. Antwerp. Van Balen usually provided the figures for scenes in which another painter, frequently Jan Brueghel, designed the landscape settings. A minor artist, van Balen is noted mainly for his mythological scenes, of which Landscape with Two Nymphs... Read more
Giovanni Battista Crespi
Giovanni Battista Crespi , c.1575-1632, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect of the Milanese school. He was also called Il Cerano. His paintings are imbued with a highly dramatic religious fervor, described by broad areas of light and shadow and a warm palette. Much of his work is in the Cathedr... Read more
Drachenfels
Drachenfels [Ger.,=dragon's rock], mountain, 1,053 ft (321 m) high, in the Siebengebirge , W Germany, on the Rhine. It is of volcanic origin. In legend, it is the scene of Siegfried's triumph over the dragon. The Drachenburg, a fortress that is now in ruins, was built on the mountain (probably in ... Read more
Green Bay
Green Bay western arm of Lake Michigan, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 10 to 20 mi (16-32 km) wide, NE Wis. and NW Mich.; separated from the lake by the Door and Garden peninsulas. The Fox River flows into the head of the bay at Green Bay , Wis., a port city. A national and a state forest lie alo... Read more

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Locke, John (1632–1704)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World LOCKE, JOHN (1632 – 1704) LOCKE, JOHN (1632 – 1704), English philosopher, political and...in the history of English letters, was born on 29 August 1632 in the village of Wrington, Somerset, and was immediately...
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni Van (1632–1723)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONI VAN (1632 – 1723) LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONI VAN (1632 – 1723), Dutch microscopist. Born the son of a basket maker on 24 October 1632 in Delft, Leeuwenhoek had little formal education...
Vermeer, Jan (or Johannes, 1632–1675)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World VERMEER, JAN (or Johannes, 1632 – 1675) VERMEER, JAN (or Johannes, 1632 – 1675), Dutch painter. In 1653...presence of the scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), but as seventeenth-century...
Morozova, Boiarynia (1632–1675)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MOROZOVA, BOIARYNIA (1632 – 1675) MOROZOVA, BOIARYNIA (1632 – 1675). Feodosiia Prokof'evna Morozova, born Sokovnina and known later as the nun Feodora, was one of Muscovy's leading aristocratic women associated with...
Wren, Christopher (1632–1723)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World WREN, CHRISTOPHER (1632 – 1723) WREN, CHRISTOPHER (1632 – 1723), English architect. Sir Christopher Wren was an English scientist and architect, important for confirming, in what later was jokingly referred to as the...
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632–1687)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World LULLY, JEAN-BAPTISTE (1632 – 1687) LULLY, JEAN-BAPTISTE (1632 – 1687), French composer and founder of the French operatic tradition. Lully was born Giovanni Battista Lulli in Florence, the son of a miller. Despite...
Spinoza, Baruch (Benedictus de Spinoza; 1632–1677)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World SPINOZA, BARUCH (Benedictus de Spinoza; 1632 – 1677) SPINOZA, BARUCH (Benedictus de Spinoza; 1632 – 1677), Dutch philosopher. Baruch Spinoza's radical metaphysical, theological, moral and political ideas made him...
Locke, John (1632–1704)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society Locke, John (1632 – 1704) English thinker John Locke insisted both that children are potentially free and rational beings, and that the...
Tilly, Johann Tserclaes of (1559–1632)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World TILLY, JOHANN TSERCLAES OF (1559 – 1632) TILLY, JOHANN TSERCLAES OF (1559 – 1632), general of the army of the Catholic League (1620 – 1632). Johann Tserclaes of Tilly was probably born in February...
Gustavus II Adolphus (Sweden) (1594–1632; Ruled 1611–1632)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World GUSTAVUS II ADOLPHUS (SWEDEN) (1594 – 1632; ruled 1611 – 1632) GUSTAVUS II ADOLPHUS (SWEDEN) (1594 – 1632; ruled 1611 – 1632), king of Sweden. Gustavus was the son of Sweden...

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Proprietary Colonies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...beginning with Maryland's royal grant in 1632. The land was titled in the proprietors...1664 15 April 1702** Maryland 30 June 1632   Maine 1622 absorbed into Mass...Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, in 1632. Despite Maryland's Toleration Act of...
Philosophy, Moral: Modern
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...nature and God. Samuel von Pufendorf (1632 – 1694) made the will of God...treatment of moral ideas given by John Locke (1632 – 1704). Locke combined a hedonistic...perfectionist philosophers. Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677) held that the world...
Henrion, Denis or Didier
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1580; d . Paris [?], France, ca . 1632) mathematics. Information on Henrion...somewhat delimited by the appearance in 1632 of the French edition of Euclid ’...combined with this translation of Euclid in 1632, Henrion translated the introduction by...
Lansberge, Philip van
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Middelburg, Netherlands, 8 December 1632), geometry, astronomy. On account of...he went to Middelburg, where he died in 1632. The Danish mathematician Thomas Finck...motuum coelestium perpetuae (Middelburg, 1632), founded on an epicyclic theory, were...
Delamain, Richard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...description of the circular slide rule, was not made public until 1632 — by which time the Grammelogia had been in circulation...for the Pocket... Called a Horizontal Quadrant (London,1632). II. Secondary Literatori. On Delamain or his work, see...
Gassendi (Gassend), Pierre
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...observed the transit of Mercury, and in his Mercurius in sole visus (1632) he treated the event as a confirmation of Kepler ’ s ideas. He returned to Digne at the end of 1632 and undertook an extensive study of Epicurus ’ thought...
Girard, Albert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Mihiel, France, 1595; d . Leiden, Netherlands, 8 December 1632) mathematics . Girard ’ s birthplace is fixed only...from a note in the Journal of Constantijn Huygens for 9 December 1632. The place of death is only conjectured. Girard was undoubtedly...
Monteverdi, Claudio (Giovanni Antonio)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...probably accounts for Monteverdi's admission to holy orders in 1632. When the first opera house, San Cassiano, was opened in Venice...Scherzi musicali for 1 or 2 vv., all with basso continuo (1632); 15 Scherzi musicali for 3 vv., unacc. (1607).
Cure
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...must have been done after his death by his son William II ( d 1632). He succeeded his father as master mason and held the post...House by Nicholas Stone , who succeeded him as master mason in 1632. His work as a sculptor consisted mainly of tombs, but he also...
Stone, Nicholas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...appointed Master-Mason and Architect at Windsor Castle, and in 1632 Master-Mason to the Crown. His works include the impressive gateways at the Botanic Gardens, Oxford (1632–3), and the remodelling of the north front of Kirby...

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LCU DET 1632 RETURNS HOME
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/10/2007; 485 words ; ...Landing Craft (LCU) Detachment (Det.) 1632 returned to Naval Amphibious Base Coronado...Expeditionary Strike Group May 30. LCU Det. 1632 embarked aboard USS Dubuque (LPD 8) as...After the lengthy deployment the LCU Det. 1632 Sailors were glad to be home. "Pulling...
Security Council, unanimously adopting resolution 1632 (2005), extends mandate of Cote d'Ivoire expert group until 15 December.
M2 Presswire; 10/19/2005; 700+ words ; ...Council, unanimously adopting resolution 1632 (2005), extends mandate of Cote d...Through its unanimous adoption of resolution 1632 (2005), the Council also requested the...Resolution The full text of resolution 1632 (2005) reads as follows: "The Security...
Historic yet cosy revival; Retired doctors give kiss of life to 1632 home.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 7/19/2003; 700+ words ; ...moated manor house dating from around 1632. Plas Newydd in Glynllifon outside Caernarfon...with the initials ``TG'' and a date of 1632. There is also a family bathroom, two...colour ful past PLAS NEWYDD was built around 1632 by Thomas Glynne, who had been High Sheriff...
Humanism in an age of science; the Amsterdam Athenaeum in the golden age, 1632-1704.(Brill's studies in intellectual history; v.179 )(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2009; 576 words ; ...Amsterdam Athenaeum in the golden age, 1632-1704. Miert, Dirk van. BRILL 2009...Athenaeum Illustre, which was founded in 1632 and was converted into the University of...Amsterdamse Athenaeum in de Gouden Eeuw, 1632-1704 was published in 2005, itself a...
Young Rembrandt: The Leiden Years, 1606-1632.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Roelof van Straten. Young Rembrandt: The Leiden Years, 1606-1632. Trans. R. Quartero. With contributions by Ingrid Moerman...Roelof van Straten's Young Rembrandt: The Leiden Years, 1606-1632, appeared within this broader context of Rembrandt celebrations...
Mennonite Confession of Faith. Adopted April 21st, 1632, at Dordrecht, the Netherlands ...(Review)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...amp; ed. Mennonite Confession of Faith. Adopted April 21st, 1632, at Dordrecht, The Netherlands.... Lancaster: Lancaster...present. The Confession of Faith, drawn up at Dordrecht in 1632 to bring peace to a number of Dutch congregations involved in...
Illuster Onderwijs: Het Amsterdamse Athenaeum in de Gouden Eeuw, 1632-1704.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Illuster Onderwijs: Het Amsterdamse Athenaeum in de Gouden Eeuw, 1632-1704. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 2005. 431 pp. index...1600, Deventer set up an Athenaeum in 1630 and Amsterdam one in 1632, and Utrecht had a university in 1636--and there were also...
1632 guide book sold
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 1/22/2002; 295 words ; ...explorer and founder of the southern US state of Virginia fetched GBP 20,000 at auction yesterday. The manual, printed in 1632, includes early regional maps and recommended inventory lists for anyone considering travelling to the new world. It was written...
circa: 1632.(Daily Break)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 12/27/2008; 700+ words ; ...past, with the echo of voices and footsteps of the country's forefathers. Construction of St. Luke's was begun around 1632 and continued for probably 20 or 30 years after that, said Charlotte Klamer, executive director of Historic St. Luke's...
Wu Li (1632-1718) and the first Chinese Christian poetry.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; WU LI (1632-1718) AND THE FIRST CHINESE CHRISTIAN POETRY (1) 1. IT Is WELL KNOWN THAT Jesuit missionaries in China quickly grasped the...