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Entrecasteaux Islands, D'
(Encyclopedia)Entrecasteaux Islands, D': see D'Entrecasteaux Islands. ...Estrées, Gabrielle d'
(Encyclopedia)Estrées, Gabrielle d' gäbrēĕlˈ dĕstrāˈ [key], 1573–99, famous beauty, mistress (1592–99) of Henry IV of France, who made her marquise of Monceaux and duchess of Beaufort. She divorced her ...Hondecoeter, Melchior d'
(Encyclopedia)Hondecoeter, Melchior d' mĕlˈkhēôr də hōnˈdəko͞otər [key], 1636–95, Dutch animal painter. His grandfather, Gillis d'Hondecoeter (d. 1638) and his father, Gysbert d'Hondecoeter (1604–1653...Indy, Vincent d'
(Encyclopedia)Indy, Vincent d': see D'Indy, Vincent. ...Amboise, Georges d'
(Encyclopedia)Amboise, Georges d' zhôrzh däNbwäzˈ [key], 1460–1510, French statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He became archbishop of Rouen in 1493. In 1498, as an intimate friend of the new ki...Amboise, Jacques d'
(Encyclopedia)Amboise, Jacques d': see d'Amboise, Jacques. ...Ailly, Pierre d'
(Encyclopedia)Ailly, Pierre d' pyĕr dāyēˈ [key], 1350–1420, French theologian and writer, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the teacher of John Gerson and was Gerson's predecessor as chancellor of...Arpino, Cavaliere d'
(Encyclopedia)Arpino, Cavaliere d': see Cesari, Giuseppe. ...Arsonval, Arsène d'
(Encyclopedia)Arsonval, Arsène d' ärsĕnˈ därsôNvälˈ [key], 1851–1940, French physicist and physician. He worked under Claude Bernard and under C. E. Brown-Séquard (whom he succeeded in 1897 at the Collè...Annunzio, Gabriele D'
(Encyclopedia)Annunzio, Gabriele D': see D'Annunzio, Gabriele. ...Browse by Subject
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