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Mary
Mary in the New Testament. 1 Mary , the Virgin. 2 Mary Magdalene . 3 Wife of Cleophas . 4 Mary of Bethany, sister of Lazarus and Martha. She sat at Jesus' feet while Martha served. She has come to symbolize the life of contemplative love of God. Some identify her with St. Mary Magdalen. ... Read more
Mary
Mary in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr., theotokos ). Her name is the Hebrew Miriam. Her Life The events of her life mentioned in the New Testament include he... Read more
Maris
Maris , three Dutch painters, who were brothers. Jacob or Jakob Maris, 1837-99, the most celebrated, painted domestic interiors but is particularly famous for his vigorous landscapes in oil and watercolor. Rich in color and large and simple in composition and handling, these paintings are among th... Read more
Mari
Mari , ancient city of Mesopotamia (modern Syria). It is on the middle Euphrates, south of its junction with the Habor (Khabur). The site was discovered by chance in the early 1930s by Arabs digging graves and has subsequently been excavated by the French. The earliest evidence of habitation goes ba... Read more
Mary Astell
Mary Astell , 1666-1731, English author and feminist. Her Serious Proposal to the Ladies (2 parts, 1694-97) offered a scheme for a women's college, an idea far in advance of the time. The project was not realized, and her ideas were ridiculed in the Tatler, possibly by Swift and Addison. ... Read more
Mary of Modena
Mary of Modena , 1658-1718, queen consort of James II of England; daughter of Alfonso IV, duke of Modena. Her marriage (1673) to James, then duke of York, was brought about through the influence of Louis XIV of France. Mary was a devout Roman Catholic and therefore unpopular in Protestant England.... Read more
Marie Corelli
Marie Corelli , pseud. of Mary Mackay , 1855-1924, English novelist. Her popular, highly moralistic books, written in flamboyant, pretentious prose, include A Romance of Two Worlds (1886), Thelma (1887), Barabbas (1893), and The Sorrows of Satan (1895). She was Queen Victoria's favorite n... Read more
Virgin Mary, the
Virgin Mary, The In Byzantine icons and Western medieval art, the most common deathbed scene is that of the Virgin Mary. In her study of Marian iconography, Gertrud Schiller reproduced more than 100 images of Mary reclining in bed surrounded by the apostles who grieve, pray, and in late medieval ar... Read more
Mary of Guise
Mary of Guise , 1515-60, queen consort of James V of Scotland and regent for her daughter, Mary Queen of Scots . The daughter of Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise , she was also known as Mary of Lorraine. Before her marriage (1538) to James V she had been married (1534) to Louis d'Orléans, 2... Read more
Mary Jemison
Mary Jemison 1743-1833, American frontierswoman. She was born at sea while her parents were en route from Ireland to America. In W Pennsylvania she was captured (1758) by a French and Indian War party, taken to Fort Duquesne, and given to two Seneca women, who adopted her. She was married twice (to... Read more

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Sainte-Marie, Buffy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Buffy Sainte-Marie A major singer-songwriter of the 1960s...incisive protest anthems, Buffy Sainte-Marie (born c. 1941) remains one of just a...in the field of popular music. Sainte-Marie's influence on the 1960s music scene...
Marie Antoinette
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) was queen of France at the outbreak of the...reputation contributed to the decline of the prestige of the French monarchy. Marie Antoinette was the daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I and the...
Marie Antoinette (1755–1793)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MARIE ANTOINETTE (1755 – 1793) MARIE ANTOINETTE (1755 – 1793), queen of France. Jos è phe-Jeanne-Marie Antoinette (Maria Antonia, archduchess of Austria) married...
Marie De Médicis (1573–1642)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MARIE DE M É DICIS (1573 – 1642) MARIE DE M É DICIS (1573 – 1642), queen of...regent (1610 – 1617) for her son, Louis XIII. Marie de M é dicis, the daughter of the Grand Duke of...
Marie De L'Incarnation (1599–1672)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MARIE DE L'INCARNATION (1599 – 1672) MARIE DE L'INCARNATION (1599 – 1672), French mystic and missionary. Marie Guyart of the Incarnation was a leading figure of the Catholic mission to the Amerindians of New France...
Osmond, Donny and Marie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Donny and Marie Osmond Performing together, separately...American vocalists Donny (born 1957) and Marie (born 1959) Osmond remained icons of...in Ogden, Utah, and his sister Olive Marie Osmond followed on October 13, 1959...
Marie de France
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Marie de France The French poet Marie de France (active late 12th century) was an accomplished writer of lais and was probably the originator of that form. Marie de France is one of those authors whose work is well known but whose...
Curie, Marie
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Marie Curie Born: November 7, 1867 Warsaw, Poland...physicist The Polish-born French physicist Marie Curie invented the term "radioactivity...to win the Nobel Prize twice. Early life Marie Sklodowska Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland...
Marie Paulze Lavoisier
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Marie Paulze Lavoisier A century before Marie Curie made a place for women in theoretical science, editor, translator, and illustrator Marie Paulze Lavoisier (1758-1836), wife and research partner...
Geoffrin, Marie-Thérèse (Marie-Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin; 1699–1777)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World GEOFFRIN, MARIE-TH É R è SE (Marie-Th é r è se Rodet Geoffrin; 1699 – 1777) GEOFFRIN, MARIE-TH É R è SE (Marie-Th é r...

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Marie, Pierre
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography MARIE, PIERRE ( b . Paris, France, 9 September...Normandy, France, 13 April 1940) neurology . Marie, the son of an upper-middle-class French...were published in 1892. From 1897 to 1907, Marie worked at the Bic ê tre, where he...
Langer, Marie Glass Hauser de (1910-1987)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis LANGER, MARIE GLASS HAUSER DE (1910-1987) Marie Glass Hauser de Langer, a physician and psychoanalyst, was...article she imagined the analysand of the year 2000 (1968). Marie Langer devoted her research (1957; 1961; 1963; 1965; 1970...
Saint, Eva Marie
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers SAINT, Eva Marie Nationality: American. Born: Newark, New...Bulnes, J., "Les Immortels Du Cinema: Eva Marie Saint," in Cine Revue (Brussels), 10 March 1983. Buckley, M. "Eva Marie Saint," in Films in Review (Denville...
Legendre, Adrien-Marie
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Legendre, Adrien-Marie ( b. Paris, France, 18 September 1752...was the Abb é Joseph-Francois Marie, a mathematician of some renown and well...the Coll é ge Mazarin. In 1774 Marie utilized several of his essays in a treatise...
Bonaparte, Marie Léon (1882-1962)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis BONAPARTE, MARIE L É ON (1882-1962) Marie Bonaparte, a French psychoanalyst, founding member of the...Bonaparte (great nephew of Napol é on Bonaparte) and Marie-F é lix Blanc (who died a month after her birth...
Straub, Jean-Marie, and Danièle Huillet
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers STRAUB, Jean-Marie, and Danièle HUILLET STRAUB. Nationality...Strasbourg. Family: Married the director Jean-Marie Straub, 1959. Career: Began collaboration with Jean-Marie Straub,1954; Straub and Huillet moved to Munich...
Lacan, Jacques-Marieémile (1901-1981)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis LACAN, JACQUES-MARIE É MILE (1901-1981) French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Jacques-Marie É mile Lacan was born in Paris on...completing his thesis. In 1934, he married Marie-Louise Blondin, the sister of his friend...
Duval, Mathias Marie
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Duval, Mathias Marie ( b , Grasse, France, 7 February 1844; d . Paris, France, 28 February...embryology . The son of Joseph Duval, the botanist and naturalist, and Marie Jouve, he spent his childhood in Grasse, Algiers, and then Strasbourg...
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease ( peroneal muscular atrophy , hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy...The hands and arms are eventually affected. [ J. M. Charcot; P. Marie (1853–1940), French physician; H. H. Tooth (1856...
Vien, Joseph-Marie
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Vien, Joseph-Marie ( b Montpellier, 18 June 1716; d Paris, 27 Mar. 1809). French painter...pupils, of whom the most important was J.- L. David . His son Joseph-Marie Vien the Younger (1762–1848) was also a painter, mainly...

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Marie stuck in fourth position.
Magazine article from: Hopscotch; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Marie Van Goethem longed to be the best ballerina...But she got stuck in fourth position. Marie came from a poor Belgian family. They moved...other people's dirty clothes. At 13, Marie lived on the lower slopes of Montmartre on...
Marie J. Wagner
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 3/5/2006; ; 700+ words ; Keith & Keith Funeral Home TIETON - Marie J. Wagner, 93, of Tieton passed away...February 21, 2006 in her home at Tieton. Marie "Mom and Grandma" was born September...his parents Thomas & Loretta Burnett. Marie was the eldest of four children. Marie...
Marie Callender's Proclaims First Day of Fall 'Great American Pot Pie Day'; Proceeds From Sales on Monday, September 23 to Help Eliminate Childhood Hunger.
PR Newswire; 9/19/2002; 700+ words ; ...vice president and general manager of Marie Callender's, a licensed brand of ConAgra...related activities kick into high gear. Marie Callender's Pot Pies offer a satisfying...pies simmering in ovens across America, Marie Callender's recognizes that not all families...
MARIE-CHANTAL'S ODYSSEY; The Manhattan party queen turned Greek princess, Marie-Chantal, talks about her eponymous children's clothing line and how she has found contentment as one of London's yummiest mummies.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/7/2005; 700+ words ; ...can't tempt you with a latte?' asks Marie-Chantal of Greece, with the flash of...see why model Elle Macpherson describes Marie-Chantal's style as 'elegant, blond...impeccable'. For many, 36-year-old Marie-Chantal seems to have it all. She has...
Interview: Marie Jones & Ian McElhinney - First couple of Ulster theatre; Working with your spouse is seldom recommended, but one local couple have had phenomenal success together on the world stage. LARA BRADLEY met dynamic duo Marie Jones and Ian McElhinney.(The Guide)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 11/2/2001; 700+ words ; Byline: LARA BRADLEY Marie Jones won world-wide acclaim last year when...York. Even after the September 11 atrocities, Marie's play was still attracting full houses on Broadway. Marie said: ''Theatre really suffered, but the boys...
Marie Claire Goes Mobile with Picsel Technologies.
M2 Presswire; 2/13/2007; 700+ words ; ...13 February 2007-Picsel Technologies: Marie Claire Goes Mobile with Picsel Technologies...LTD RDATE:12022007 3GSM, Barcelona - Marie Claire, one of Britain's leading fashion...announced the launch of the Picsel Powered Marie Claire mobile magazine. The first mobile...
Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006.
PR Newswire; 3/27/2007; 700+ words ; ...27 /PRNewswire/ -- Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc. (together with its...Callender's Grill and obtained one existing Marie Callender's restaurant from a franchisee (brands referred to as "Marie Callender's"). -- Following the...
Marie Claire: mixing it up.(magazine gains popularity in the US)
Magazine article from: WWD; 9/29/1995; ; 700+ words ; NEW YORK - Marie Claire - a mainstay magazine in Europe - has begun...into the fashion fray here. The U.S. version of Marie Claire, a joint venture between Hearst Magazines and Marie Claire Album SA in Paris, became a monthly in September...
Missing Marie
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 4/13/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...POLICE BELIEVE missing Christchurch teenager Marie Davis may have been abducted or fallen...year- old. As their fears escalate, Marie's distraught mother warned parents to...networking site. Police are scrutinising Marie's two sites for clues to her disappearance...
Kysse Marie: En historie om Marie Grubbe.
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; In Kysse Marie: En historie om Marie Grubbe (Kissy Marie: A Story About Marie Grubbe) Juliane Preisler has chosen to revisit the historical figure of Marie Grubbe, a subject of earlier Danish fiction by Steen Steensen Blicher (Brudstykker...