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Sir Clowdisley Shovell Sir Clowdisley Shovell
Sir Clowdisley Shovell or Sir Cloudesley Shovel , 1650-1707, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he burned enemy ships at the battle of La Hogue in 1692 and was joint commander of the English fleet in 1693. In the War of the Spanish Succession he brought home the silver captured by... Read more
Jacques Bellange Jacques Bellange
Bellange, Jacques (d Nancy, 1616). French painter, etcher, draughtsman, and designer, active in Nancy, where he worked for the dukes of Lorraine from 1602. Much of his work has perished, including murals and ephemeral decorative work, and only a handful of surviving paintings are confidently... Read more
Henry Sidney Henry Sidney
Sidney, Sir Henry (1529–86). Lord deputy of Ireland. Sidney, of Penshurst (Kent), was brought up with Prince Edward who was eight years younger, and on his accession was made a gentleman of the privy chamber. In 1551 he married the daughter of Northumberland. He backed Northumberland's... Read more
Malvolio Malvolio
Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1601), the Puritan steward of Olivia who through his consciousness of moral superiority and personal worth is tricked by Sir Toby Belch and his companions into believing that Olivia is in love with him; the behaviour into which they persuade him leads to... Read more
Sir Robert Cecil Sir Robert Cecil
Cecil, Sir Robert (1563–1612). Jacobean statesman, the younger son, but political heir, of Elizabeth I's chief minister William Cecil (Burghley). Small in stature, humpbacked, and physically frail, he devoted himself to the service of the monarchy. Following in his father's footsteps, he... Read more
Sonny Liston Sonny Liston
Sonny Liston 1932-1970 American boxer When Sonny Liston became the world heavyweight boxing champ by knocking out Floyd Patterson in 1962, he hoped his criminal past and unsavory reputation could be put behind him. It was too late. At a time of growing racial unrest, he was cast in the... Read more
Sir Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Sir Henry Morton Stanley 1841-1904, Anglo-American journalist, explorer, and empire builder, b. Denbigh, Wales. He grew up in poverty and came to America as a worker on a ship, which he jumped (1858) in New Orleans. Originally named John Rowlands, there he took a new name, which he claimed,... Read more
Adonis Adonis
Adonis , in Greek mythology, beautiful youth beloved by Aphrodite and Persephone . He was born of the incestuous union of Myrrha (or Smyrna) and Cinyras, king of Cyprus. Aphrodite left Adonis in the care of Persephone, who raised him and made him her lover. Aphrodite later demanded the youth for... Read more
The Lady of Shalott The Lady of Shalott
Shalott, The Lady of In the Arthurian legends*, the Lady of Shalott was a young woman named Elaine of Astolat who died of unfulfilled love for Sir Lancelot, the greatest of King Arthur's knights. Lancelot had entered a joustingtournament but wanted to hide his true identity... Read more

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