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Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott
Scott, Mackay Hugh Baillie (1865–1945). British architect. He was articled to Charles Edward Davis (1827–1902), City Architect of Bath. In 1889 he moved to Douglas, IoMan, and in 1893 established his own practice, specializing in domestic architecture that used vernacular motifs,... Read more
Giovanni Battista Cipriani Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (b Florence, 1727; d London, 14 Dec. 1785). Florentine decorative painter and designer, active mainly in England. In 1755 he was brought to London by the architect Sir William Chambers and the sculptor Joseph Wilton, who had met him in Rome. He was employed in the... Read more
Vauxhall gardens Vauxhall gardens
Vauxhall gardens (London), just south of the Thames, opened soon after the Restoration as New Spring gardens, and were visited by Pepys, who complained of high prices. In 1732 Jonathan Tyers arranged a grand reopening, attended by Frederick, prince of Wales. The central features were the Rotunda... Read more
Abinadab Abinadab
Abinadab 1. Man at whose house on a hill in Kiriath-jearim the ark of the covenant was lodged after its return to Israel by the Philistines; it remained there for twenty years (1 Sam. 7: 2) until David brought it first to the house of Obededom (1 Chr. 13: 13) and later into Jerusalem itself. 2. The... Read more
Shantou Shantou
Shantou or Swatow , city (1994 est. pop. 718,800), SE Guangdong prov., China, a port on the South China Sea, in the Han River delta. When it was opened to foreign trade after the second Opium War , it was a minor fishing village. It became a special economic zone in 1979, which brought new... Read more
Cosmo Cosmo
Cosmo ♂ (Italian) form of the Greek name Kosmas. This was borne by a Christian saint martyred, together with his brother Damian, at Aegea in Cilicia in the early 4th century. It was first brought to Britain in the 18th century by the Scottish dukes of Gordon, who had connections with the... Read more
Franco Zeffirelli Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli Franco Zeffirelli (born 1923) is best know for his extravagantly staged operas and films that bring the classics to the masses. His interests also span into the political arena. He was elected to the Italian senate in 1994 and 1996 representing Catania, Sicily. Franco... Read more
Inuit Inuit
Inuit (Canada) A word used to designate the aboriginal people living in the Arctic regions of Canada. The Inuit speak six dialects of a common language, Inuktitut, and are divided into eight main tribal groups. Never exposed to the same degree of contact with Europeans experienced by more southern... Read more
Scire Facias Scire Facias
SCIRE FACIAS [Latin, Made known.] A judicial writ requiring a defendant to appear in court and prove why an existing judgment should not be executed against him or her. In the law, scire facias is a judicial writ that is brought in a case that has already been before a court. Writ is the old... Read more
Gunpowder Plot Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder Plot conspiracy to blow up the English Parliament and King James I on Nov. 5, 1605, the day set for the king to open Parliament. It was intended to be the beginning of a great uprising of English Catholics, who were distressed by the increased severity of penal laws against the practice... Read more

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