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Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco
(Encyclopedia)Ibáñez, Vicente Blasco: see Blasco Ibáñez. ...Gómez, Juan Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Gómez, Juan Vicente gōˈmĕs [key], 1857–1935, caudillo of Venezuela (1908–35). Of indigenous and white parentage, Gómez was born on a ranch in the Western Andes and grew up a nearly illiterat...Jackson, Claiborne Fox
(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Claiborne Fox, 1806–62, governor of Missouri, b. Fleming co., Ky. In 1822 he moved to Missouri, where he practiced law. Speaker of the state legislature (1844–46), he later was a leader o...Lombardo Toledano, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Lombardo Toledano, Vicente vēsānˈtā lōmbärˈdō tōlāᵺäˈnō [key], 1894–1968, Mexican labor leader. A successful lawyer, he became (1920) governor of the state of Puebla. In 1921 he joine...López, Vicente Fidel
(Encyclopedia)López, Vicente Fidel lōˈpās [key], 1815–1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y Planes. A member of the group that opposed the dictatorship of Juan Manuel...López y Planes, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)López y Planes, Vicente vēsānˈtā lōˈpās ē pläˈnās [key], 1784–1856, Argentine statesman and poet. He served (1806–7) under Jacques de Liniers against the British invaders. After the re...Macip, Vicente Juan
(Encyclopedia)Macip or Masip, Vicente Juan vēthānˈtā hwän mäthēpˈ, mäsēpˈ [key], c.1523–1579, Spanish religious painter of the Valencian school, known as Juan de Juanes and Vicente Joanes. One of the S...Masip, Vicente Juan
(Encyclopedia)Masip, Vicente Juan: see Macip, Vicente Juan. ...Sac and Fox
(Encyclopedia)Sac and Fox, closely related Native Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Sac and Fox culture was of the Eastern Woodlands are...Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
(Encyclopedia)Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente vēthānˈtā bläˈskō ēbäˈnyāth [key] 1867–1928, Spanish novelist and politician, b. Valencia. Outspoken against the monarchy, Blasco Ibáñez published a radical rep...Browse by Subject
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