(Encyclopedia) Val-de-MarneVal-de-Marneväl-də-märn [key], department (1990 pop. 1,219,300), N central France, adjoining Paris on the southeast. Créteil is the capital.
(Encyclopedia) Pachmann, Vladimir dePachmann, Vladimir devlədyēˈmĭr də päkhˈmän [key], 1848–1933, Russian pianist, studied with his father, a violinist, and at the Vienna Conservatory. He devoted…
(Encyclopedia) Folquet de MarseilleFolquet de Marseillefôlkāˈ də märsāˈyə [key], 1150–1231, Provençal troubadour. He took orders, rose to be archbishop of Toulouse, and became notorious as the chief…
(Encyclopedia) Acosta, José deAcosta, José dehōsāˈ ᵺā äkōˈstä [key], c.1539–1600, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Peru. He wrote a well-known history of the Spanish colonial period, The Natural and…
(Encyclopedia) Tuatha De DanannTuatha De Danannt&oomacr;ˈəthə dā däˈnän [key], in Irish mythology, invaders of ancient Ireland before the Milesians. They were endowed with great supernatural…
(Encyclopedia) Maistre, Joseph deMaistre, Joseph dezhôzĕfˈ də mĕsˈtrə [key], 1753–1821, French writer and diplomat. Born in Savoy, he was Sardinian ambassador at St. Petersburg from 1803 to 1817. A…
(Encyclopedia) De Filippo, EduardoDe Filippo, Eduardoādwärˈdō dā fēlĭpˈpō [key], 1900–1984, Neapolitan playwright and actor. In his scores of plays he combined pathos and farce. Napoli milionaria (…
(Encyclopedia) Vattel, Emerich deVattel, Emerich deāˈmərĭkh də vätĕlˈ [key], 1714–67, Swiss philosopher and jurist. He served (1746–58) as Saxon minister at Bern and later in the cabinet of Augustus…
(Encyclopedia) Hooch or Hoogh, Pieter deHooch or Hoogh, Pieter deboth: pēˈtər də hōkh [key], b. c.1629, d. after 1677, Dutch genre painter. He worked in Delft, Leiden, and Amsterdam, painting…
(Encyclopedia) Wynkyn de WordeWynkyn de Wordewĭngˈkĭn də wôrd, wûrd [key], d. 1535, English printer, whose original name was Jan van Wynkyn. He was born at Wörth in Alsace and probably accompanied…
