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David Herbert Donald
David Herbert Donald 1920-, American historian, b. Goodman, Miss. After receiving his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Illinois in 1946, he taught at Columbia (1947-49; 1951-59), Smith (1949-51), Princeton (1959-62), Johns Hopkins (1962-1972), and Harvard (1973-91; emeritus 1991-). An authority on the... Read more |
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Philip Hone
Philip Hone 1780-1851, American diarist and politician, b. New York City. With his brother he built up a successful auctioneering business, which he later abandoned for politics. He was mayor of New York City in 1825. His diary (1828-51), opinionated and shrewd, contains valuable records of life in... Read more |
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Obituaries
Obituaries The following people, appearing in volumes 1–27 of the Encyclopedia of World Biography, have died since the publication of the second edition and its supplements. Each entry lists the volume where the full biography can be found. ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO (born 1912), Italian... Read more |
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Alfred Moritz Mond 1st Baron Melchett
Mond, Alfred, 1st Baron Melchett (1868–1930). Industrialist and politician. Son of a German Jew who came to Britain in 1862 and built up a large chemical firm, Mond began as a lawyer but moved into the family business, which, in 1926, became the nucleus of ICI. An advocate of the advantages... Read more |
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Pete Wilson
Pete Wilson (Peter Barton Wilson), 1933-, American politician, b. Lake Forest, Ill. A lawyer and moderate Republican, he began his career in local politics. He was a campaign aide in Richard Nixon 's 1962 gubernatorial race, served in the state legislature (1967-71), and was mayor of San Diego... Read more |
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Giovanni Morelli
Morelli, Giovanni (b Verona, 25 Feb. 1816; d Bergamo, 28 Feb. 1891). Italian critic. He trained as a physician and spent most of his career as a politician, but from 1873 he began to write articles on Italian art. These were written in German (he was educated in Switzerland and Germany), and at... Read more |
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Melvin Robert Laird
Melvin Robert Laird 1922-, American politician, U.S. secretary of defense (1969-73), b. Omaha, Nebr. After serving (1942-46) in the navy during World War II, he entered politics as a Republican and was (1946-52) a state senator in Wisconsin. As a member (1953-69) of the U.S. House of... Read more |
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Gaius (Roman)
Gaius , fl. 2d cent., Roman jurist. He is known for the Institutes (repr., 2 vol., 1967; Vol. I is a translation of the text, Vol. II consists of commentaries), a legal textbook that contributed materially to modern knowledge of early Roman law. It was much used in the compilation of the Corpus... Read more |
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Algernon Sidney
Algernon Sidney 1622-83, English politician; son of Robert Sidney, earl of Leicester. He served in the parliamentary forces during the English civil war and was a member (1652-53) of the council of state of the Commonwealth, but he opposed the dictatorial rule of Oliver Cromwell. Reappointed (1659)... Read more |
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