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Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim , 1893-1954, American novelist and poet, b. Hermanville, Miss. His poetry, which incorporates many techniques of the imagists , is cynical and often dwells on the grotesque. Important volumes of his verse are Minna and Myself (1918), Against This Age (1925), and Selected Poem...
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Bangorian Controversy
Bangorian Controversy , religious dispute in the Church of England during the early part of the reign of George I. Benjamin Hoadly , bishop of Bangor, Wales, delivered a sermon (1717) before the king in which he denied that the church had any doctrinal or disciplinary authority. Advocates of eccles...
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Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, comte de
Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, comte de , 1707-88, French naturalist and author. From 1739 he was keeper of the Jardin du Roi (later the Jardin des Plantes) in Paris and made it a center of research during the Enlightenment. He devoted his life to his monumental Histoire naturelle (44 vol., 1749-18...
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David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor , 1863-1945, British statesman, of Welsh extraction. Lloyd George was a brilliantly eloquent, forceful, and creative statesman, but he was often unscrupulous and opportunistic in his methods and widely mistrusted.
Early Career
Elected (18...
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Louis de Saint-Just
Louis de Saint-Just , 1767-94, French revolutionary. A member of the Convention from 1792, he became a favorite of Maximilien Robespierre and was (1793-94) a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety (see Reign of Terror ). As commissioner (1793) with the army of the Rhine, he contributed to...
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Sir John Soane
Sir John Soane , 1753-1837, English architect. After studying with George Dance, the younger, Soane won a fellowship to Rome. He toured Italy and returned in 1780 to begin his practice in England. In 1788 he was chosen to succeed Sir Robert Taylor as architect for the Bank of England, his largest an...
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George Meredith
George Meredith 1828-1909, English novelist and poet. One of the great English novelists, Meredith wrote complex, often comic yet highly cerebral works that contain striking psychological character studies. As a youth he attended a Moravian school in Germany and eventually became apprenticed to a L...
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George Whitefield
George Whitefield 1714-70, English evangelistic preacher, leader of the Calvinistic Methodist Church . At Oxford, which he entered in 1732, he joined the Methodist group led by John Wesley and Charles Wesley . Ordained (1736) a deacon in the Church of England, Whitefield soon demonstrated his p...
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Peor
Peor [Heb.,=opening], mountain, E of Jordan, to which Balak took Balaam to deliver his curses. In ancient times it was said to be near Heshbon. See Baal-peor .
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George Villiers Buckingham, 1st duke of
George Villiers Buckingham, 1st duke of , 1592-1628, English courtier and royal favorite. He arrived (1614) at the English court as James I was tiring of his favorite, Robert Carr, earl of Somerset. Villiers was made a gentleman of the bedchamber (1615) and, after Somerset's disgrace, rose rapidly...
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