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Botha, Pieter Willem
(Encyclopedia)Botha, Pieter Willem pēˈtər vĭlˈəm bōˈtə [key], 1916–2006, South African political leader. An Afrikaner and a member of the right-wing National party, he first entered parliament in 1948. B...Oud, Jacobus Johannes Pieter
(Encyclopedia)Oud, Jacobus Johannes Pieter yäkōˈbəs yōhäˈnəs pēˈtər out [key], 1890–1963, Dutch architect. Oud's interest in abstract painting led him to conceive of buildings composed in terms of pure...Campaña, Pedro
(Encyclopedia)Campaña, Pedro: see Kempener, Pieter de. ...Hooft, Pieter Corneliszoon
(Encyclopedia)Hooft, Pieter Corneliszoon pēˈtər kôrnāˈlĭsōn hōft [key], 1581–1647, Dutch historian, poet, and dramatist. His great work was a history of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain, Neder...Laar, Pieter van
(Encyclopedia)Laar, Pieter van: see Laer, Pieter van. ...Laer, Pieter van
(Encyclopedia)Laer or Laar, Pieter van both: pēˈtər vän lär [key], c.1592–1642, Dutch landscape and genre painter and etcher. In 1625 he went to Rome, where he stayed until 1639. He was nicknamed Il Bambocci...Boutens, Pieter Cornelis
(Encyclopedia)Boutens, Pieter Cornelis pēˈtər kôrnāˈlĭs bouˈtəns [key], 1870–1943, Dutch poet. His Verzen (1898) won him early praise. His impressionistic and mystical lyric verse was marked by rhythmic ...Verschaffelt, Pieter Anton
(Encyclopedia)Verschaffelt, Pieter Anton pēˈtər änˈtôn vĕrskhäfˈəlt [key], 1710–93, Flemish rococo sculptor. He spent about 10 years in Rome, where he executed a monument to Pope Benedict XIV. In 1752 h...Saenredam, Pieter Jansz
(Encyclopedia)Saenredam, Pieter Jansz pēˈtər yäns sänˈrədäm [key], 1597–1665, Dutch painter. Born in Assendelft, he spent most of his life in Haarlem. Saenredam was a painter of structures and was sometim...Troelstra, Pieter Jelles
(Encyclopedia)Troelstra, Pieter Jelles pēˈtər yĕlˈĕs tro͞olˈsträ [key], 1860–1930, Dutch Socialist. In 1893 he founded what later became the Sociaaldemocrata, the official Socialist paper, and in 1900 he...Browse by Subject
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