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Adrian I

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Adrian I d. 795, pope (772-95), a Roman; successor of Stephen IV. At Adrian's urging, Charlemagne crossed the Alps and defeated the Lombard king, Desiderius , who had annexed papal territory. That defeat marked the end of the Lombard kingdom. Charlemagne, during the siege of Pavia, went to Rome (774) and there confirmed the donation of Pepin to the Papal States and joined additional provinces to it. Adrian in turn confirmed Charlemagne's title of patrician of the Romans, thereby acknowledging Charlemagne's protectorate over all Italy. Adrian supported Empress Irene in her struggle... Read more
Adrian, Gilbert
ADRIAN, Gilbert American designer Born: Gilbert Adrian Greenburgh in Naugatuck, Connecticut, 3 March 1903. Education...September 1959 in Los Angelos, California. Publications By ADRIAN: Articles "Do American Women Want Clothes?" in Harper's... Read more
Edgar Douglas Adrian
Edgar Douglas Adrian The English neurophysiologist Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge (born 1889), shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Sir Charles Sherrington for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons... Read more

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Free Article Dressmaker for stars and secretaries: couturier Adrian dressed some of MGM's biggest stars--then took his designs to the mass market. (culture).(Adrian; costume design; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York)(Brief Article)
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