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Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel kăm´eren, lŏkh-ēl´ , 1629-1719, chief of the Scottish highland clan of Cameron after 1647. On behalf of Charles II he led his clan in an uprising against the Commonwealth in 1653, and only in 1658 did he submit to the Puritan general George ... Read more |
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Georgius Agricola
Georgius Agricola jôr´jēe egrĬk´ele , Latinized from Georg Bauer , 1494-1555, German physician and scientist, known as the father of mineralogy. He was a pioneer in physical geology and the first to classify minerals scientifically. His celebrated work De re... Read more |
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Seneca (the younger)
Seneca the younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) loo´shes enē´es sĕn´eke , c.3 BC-AD 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman, b. Corduba (present-day Córdoba), Spain. He was the son of Seneca the elder. The younger Seneca went to Rome in his childhood,... Read more |
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Narcissus (mythology)
Narcissus närsĬs´es , in Greek mythology, beautiful youth who refused all offers of love, including that of Echo . As punishment for his indifference he was made to fall in love with his own image in a mountain pool. Unable to possess the image, he pined away and was turned into a... Read more |
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Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Sir Alan Ayckbourn , 1939-, English playwright and director, b. London. One of Britain's most successful and prolific dramatists, he had his first play produced in 1959 and since then has written more than 50 works for the theater. He is known for the wit and ingenuity with which he portrays the... Read more |
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Sir John Davies
Sir John Davies dā´vĬs , 1569-1626, English poet. A successful lawyer, he served as solicitor general and attorney general in Ireland from 1603 to 1619. His works include Nosce Teipsum (1599), a long poem on the immortality of the soul; Orchestra; or, A Poem of Dancing (1596),... Read more |
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Europa (mythology)
Europa yoorō´pe , in Greek mythology, daughter of Agenor and Telephassa. Zeus, enamored of her, appeared as a white bull, enticed her to climb on his back, and swam off with her to Crete. There she bore him Minos , Rhadamanthus , and Sarpedon . She married the king of Crete, who... Read more |
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Acute stress disorder
Acute stress disorder Definition Acute stress disorder (ASD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by a cluster of dissociative and anxiety symptoms that occur within a month of a traumatic stressor. It is a relatively new diagnostic category and was added to the fourth... Read more |
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Mercaptopurine
Mercaptopurine Definition Mercaptopurine is a medicine used to prevent the formation and spread of cancer cells. Purpose Mercaptopurine is used as part of the consolidation and maintenance treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia(ALL) and acute myelocytic... Read more |
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