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More, Sir Anthony

(Encyclopedia)More, Sir Anthony: see Moro, Antonio. ...

Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope

(Encyclopedia)Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope: see Hope, Anthony. ...

Gonçalves Dias, Antônio

(Encyclopedia)Gonçalves Dias, Antônio: see Dias, Antônio Gonçalves. ...

Silvestre de Sacy

(Encyclopedia)Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de. ...

Avon, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Avon, 1st earl of: see Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon. ...

Ma, Jack

(Encyclopedia)Ma, Jack, 1964–, Chinese business executive and on-line retailing pioneer, whose Chinese name is Ma Yun mä yün [key]. He taught English at Hangzhou Institute of Electronics and Engineering (now Ha...

aardvark

(Encyclopedia)aardvark ärdˈvärk [key] [Du.,=ground pig], nocturnal mammal of the genus Orycteropus, sole representative of the order Tubulidentata. There are two species, one in central Africa and the other in S...

beetle

(Encyclopedia)beetle, common name for insects of the order Coleoptera, which, with more than 300,000 described species, is the largest of the insect orders. Beetles have chewing mouthparts and well-developed antenn...

Delaroche, Hippolyte

(Encyclopedia)Delaroche, Hippolyte ēpôlētˈ dəlärôshˈ [key], 1797–1856, French historical and portrait painter, known as Paul Delaroche. He studied with Gros. The exhibition of his large Joas Saved by Josa...

wheat fly

(Encyclopedia)wheat fly, name for several insects harmful to wheat, e.g., the Hessian fly, the wheat gallfly, the wheat midge, and others. ...