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Protagoras Protagoras
Protagoras The Greek philosopher Protagoras (ca. 484-ca. 414 B.C.) was one of the best-known and most successful teachers of the Sophistic movement of the 5th century B.C. Protagoras was born in Abdera, the native city of Democritus, and spent much of his life as an itinerant Sophist,... Read more
Mayflower (ship) Mayflower (ship)
Mayflower ship that in 1620 brought the Pilgrims from England to New England. She set out from Southampton in company with the Speedwell, the vessel that had borne some of the English separatists from the Netherlands back to England for the momentous voyage. However, the Speedwell proved... Read more
C. L. R. James C. L. R. James
James, C. L. R. 1901-1989 BIBLIOGRAPHY Cyril Lionel Robert James was born and raised in Trinidad but spent most of his adult life in Britain and the United States. A gifted essayist and speaker, he wrote with great insight on Shakespeare, Melville, Hegel, Athenian democracy, slavery, the... Read more
Ludwig Binswanger Ludwig Binswanger
BINSWANGER, LUDWIG (1881-1966) Ludwig Binswanger, a Swiss psychiatrist, was born on April 5, 1881, in Kreuzlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, where he died on February 7, 1966. In Kreuzlingen he was director of clinical psychiatry at Bellevue Sanatorium, an internationally renowned institution founded... Read more
Karl Lamprecht Karl Lamprecht
Lamprecht, KarlWORKS BY LAMPRECHTSUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHYKarl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian, was born in Jessen an der Schwarzen Elster in 1856, the son of the theologian and rector C. N. Lamprecht, and died in Leipzig in 1915. Lamprecht attended the classical Gymnasium in Wittenberg and... Read more
Carlo Saraceni Carlo Saraceni
Saraceni, Carlo (b Venice, 1579; d Venice, 16 June 1620). Italian painter. Although he was born and died in Venice, he spent almost all his career in Rome. There he formed his style under the influence of Caravaggio and Elsheimer, painting small, luminous pictures of figures in landscapes as well... Read more
Giovanni da Udine Giovanni da Udine
Udine, Giovanni da (1487–1561/4). Italian painter, stuccoist, and architect, born at Udine near Venice. He was one of Raphael's leading assistants in Rome and is chiefly important for his role in reviving antique techniques of stucco and the ancient taste for grotesques, inspired by... Read more
Pietro Testa Pietro Testa
Testa, Pietro (b Lucca, ?1612; d Rome, 1 Mar. 1650). Italian draughtsman, printmaker, and painter, born in Lucca (hence his nickname Il Lucchesino) and active mainly in Rome. He trained with Domenichino and was employed by Nicolas Poussin's patron Cassiano dal Pozzo to make antiquarian drawings,... Read more
Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus Ital. Cristoforo Colombo , Span. Cristóbal Colón , 1451-1506, European explorer, b. Genoa, Italy. Early Years Columbus spent some of his early years at his father's trade of weaving and later became a sailor on the Mediterranean. Shipwrecked near the Portuguese... Read more
Christopher Hill Christopher Hill
Hills, Christopher (1926-) New Age teacher and director of the University of the Trees. Born in England, he left home at an early age and attended a naval school, serving in World War II. By age 30, Hills had become a businessman in the West Indies with an international organization of ten... Read more

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