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Charles Meryon
Charles Meryon , 1821-68, French etcher. His short life was saddened by poverty and neglect and complicated by recurring forms of mental aberration. Prevented by color blindness from painting, he became an etcher and evolved an incomparable technique. Reflecting the romanticism of the period, he... Read more |
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Mitchell
Mitchell, Australia, Canada, USA 1. Australia (Queensland): a town and a river named in 1845 after Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855), surveyor general for New South Wales from 1828 who conducted four expeditions into the interior of Australia in 1831–47.2. USA (North Carolina): a... Read more |
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Mai Zetterling
ZETTERLING, Mai Nationality:Swedish. Born:Västeras, 24 May 1925. Education:Royal Dramatic Theatre School, Stockholm, 1942–45. Family:Married 1) actor Tutte Lemkow (divorced), two children; 2) writer David Hughes (divorced). Career:Stage debut... Read more |
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ronin
ronin , in Japanese history, masterless samurai . Ronin were retainers who were deprived of their place in the usual loyalty patterns of Japanese feudalism. The daimyo they had served might have died, been exiled, or become so poor that the samurai had to abandon his lord. Ronin became farmers,... Read more |
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Guy Mollet
Guy Mollet , 1905-75, French politician. A former schoolteacher and a wartime resistance fighter, he rose to prominence in the Socialist party after World War II. He served as minister of state in the Léon Blum government (1946-47) and as vice premier (1951). As premier of a left-of-center... Read more |
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hectare
hectare , abbr. ha, unit of area in the metric system , equal to 10,000 sq m, or about 2.47 acres.... Read more |
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Lucien Lelong
LELONG, Lucien French designer Born:Paris, 11 October 1889. Education:Studied business, Hautes Études des Commerciales, Paris, 1911-13. Military Service:Performed military service, 1914-17, awarded Croix de Guerre. Family:Married Princess Natalie Paley... Read more |
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Henry Howard Surrey Lord
Surrey, Henry Howard, Lord (c.1517–47). Grandson of Thomas, duke of Norfolk, the victor of Flodden. In high favour at the court of Henry VIII, he was made KB, given the Garter and, at one time, considered as a possible husband for the Princess Mary. He served against the Scots in 1542,... Read more |
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Stretford
Stretford town (1991 pop. 47,522), Trafford metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Contiguous with Manchester and Salford, it has a large dock area and various manufactures.... Read more |
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Darkness
110. Darkness See also 47. BLACKENING and BLACKNESS ; 292. NIGHT . achluphobia an abnormal fear of darkness. Also called scotophobia . fuliginosity 1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky. 2. soot or smoke. |
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