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Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

(Encyclopedia) Mackintosh, Charles RennieMackintosh, Charles Renniemăkˈəntŏshˌ [key], 1868–1928, Scottish architect, artist, and furniture designer. Probably the greatest architect and designer…

Lumet, Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Lumet, SidneyLumet, Sidneyl&oomacr;-mĕtˈ [key], 1924–2011, one of the great American film directors of the 20th cent., b. Philadelphia. A child actor in New York's Yiddish radio…

Kamakura

(Encyclopedia) KamakuraKamakurakämäˈk&oomacr;rä [key], city (1990 pop. 174,307), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and at the base of the Miura Peninsula. It is a resort…

Abakanowicz, Magdalena

(Encyclopedia) Abakanowicz, Magdalena, 1930–2017, Polish sculptor, studied Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw (1950–54). She won notice with her Abakan series, begun in 1967; these monumental woven…

Marshall, Samuel Lyman Atwood

(Encyclopedia) Marshall, Samuel Lyman Atwood (S. L. A. Marshall), 1900–1977, American author and military analyst, b. Catskill, N.Y. Having served in World War I, he embarked upon a career in…

molding

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Moldings molding, in architecture, furniture, and decorative objects, a surface or group of surfaces of projecting or receding contours. A molding may serve as a defining…

Henry Chee Dodge

Navajo political leaderBorn: 1857?Birthplace: Fort Defiance, Ariz. The identity of Dodge's father is uncertain, but he may have been a white Indian agent or Army officer. His mother was a Navajo-…

María de Molina

(Encyclopedia) María de MolinaMaría de Molinamärēˈä [key]María de Molinadā mōlēˈnä [key], d. 1321, queen of Castile, consort of Sancho IV. As regent (1295–1301) for her son, Ferdinand IV, she…

Walter, Thomas Ustick

(Encyclopedia) Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804–87, American architect, b. Philadelphia. In 1819 he entered the office of William Strickland in Philadelphia as a student. In 1830 he began practice, the…

Council of

(Encyclopedia) Council of. For many entries beginning thus, see the next term in the council's name, e.g., Foreign Ministers, Council of and Ten, Council of.