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Marksmanship Marksmanship
Marksmanship Sources “ Shooting the Parrot.” In the Netherlands the militia units often engaged in personal games of skill, one of which was called shooting the parrot. Either a live bird or a wooden one was set on top of a pole, and the men had to shoot it.... Read more
lord keeper lord keeper
lord keeper. The great seal of England was normally in the custody of the lord chancellor. But an office of vice-chancellor or sealbearer in the 12th cent. developed into the separate office of lord keeper. The lord keepership seems to have been used when the holder did not have the standing... Read more
master of the rolls master of the rolls
master of the rolls. The office developed out of the earlier office of keeper of the rolls of chancery, whose holder bore responsibility for safe custody of chancery records and was the most senior of the clerks of chancery. The new title was first used in the late 15th century and was in regular... Read more
Pharmaceutical industry Pharmaceutical industry
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY. Production of substances for the prevention or treatment of disease or other human ailments began in the American colonies as an unspecialized craft. By the mid-twentieth century, however, it was largely the province of a few specialized corporate... Read more
Sebastiano del Piombo Sebastiano del Piombo
Sebastiano del Piombo , c.1485-1547, Italian painter of the Venetian school, whose real name was Sebastiano Luciani. Although he was trained by Giovanni Bellini, his early work was influenced by Giorgione. His first important work is the frescoed altarpiece representing St. Chrysostom in the Church... Read more
Eleazar Eleazar
Eleazar , in the Bible. 1 Son of Aaron. 2 Keeper of the Ark of the Covenant. 3 Mighty man of David. 4 Man in the genealogy in the first chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew. 5 One of the chief martyrs in the Maccabean period. An old man, he refused to eat swine's flesh.... Read more
Sir Sidney Colvin Sir Sidney Colvin
Sir Sidney Colvin , 1845-1927, English man of letters. Slade professor of fine arts at Cambridge and keeper of prints at the British Museum, he was a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose works and letters he edited. Colvin wrote several studies on literature and art, including Early Engraving... Read more
Roger North Roger North
Roger North 1653-1734, English biographer. A lawyer, he wrote excellent biographies of his brothers: Francis North, Lord Guilford, Keeper of the Great Seal (1742); Dudley North, a merchant (1744); and John North, master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1744). He is also noted for his Autobiography ... Read more
Thomas Audley Baron Audley of Walden Thomas Audley Baron Audley of Walden
Thomas Audley Audley of Walden, Baron 1488-1544, lord chancellor of England (1533-44) under Henry VIII. He was made speaker of the House of Commons in 1529 and lord keeper of the great seal in 1532. A loyal servant of Henry VIII, he supported the king's divorce (1533) from Katharine... Read more
Sir Nicholas Bacon Sir Nicholas Bacon
Sir Nicholas Bacon 1509-79, English jurist. Called to the bar in 1533, he was made attorney of the court of wards and liveries in 1546 and, although a staunch Protestant, held this office through the reign of Mary I. On the accession (1558) of Elizabeth I, he was appointed lord keeper of the privy... Read more

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