DE PRIEST, Oscar Stanton, a Representative from Illinois; born in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., March 9, 1871; moved to Kansas in 1878 with his parents, who settled in Salina; attended…
(Encyclopedia) MediciMedicimĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], Italian family that directed the destinies of Florence from the 15th cent. until 1737. Of obscure origin, they rose to immense wealth as…
(Encyclopedia) Torricelli, EvangelistaTorricelli, Evangelistaāvänjālēˈstä tōr-rēchĕlˈlē [key], 1608–47, Italian physicist and mathematician. He was Galileo's secretary (1641–42) and his successor as…
(Encyclopedia) Albertinelli, MariottoAlbertinelli, Mariottomäryôtˈtō älbārtēnĕlˈlē [key], 1474–1515, Italian painter. A product of the Florentine school of the High Renaissance, Albertinelli was…
(Encyclopedia) Civitali, MatteoCivitali, Matteomät–tĕˈō chēvētäˈlē [key], 1436–1501, Italian sculptor and architect, born and worked in Lucca, where his work is best represented. Trained in Florence…
(Encyclopedia) baptisterybaptisterybăpˈtĭstrē [key], part of a church, or a separate building in connection with it, used for administering baptism. In the earliest examples it was merely a basin or…
(Encyclopedia) Renzi, Matteo, 1975–, Italian political leader. Renzi was a member of the Italian People's party, which merged (2002) with other parties to form Democracy Is Freedom—The Daisy, which…
(Encyclopedia) Vasari, GiorgioVasari, Giorgiojôrˈjō väzäˈrē [key], 1511–74, Italian architect, writer, and painter. He is best known for his entertaining biographies of artists, Vite de' più…
(Encyclopedia) Guicciardini, FrancescoGuicciardini, Francescofränchāsˈkō gwēt-chärdēˈnē [key], 1483–1540, Italian historian and statesman. He represented (1512–14) his native Florence at the court of…
WASHINGTON, Harold, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., April 15, 1922; attended the public schools; B.A., Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1949; J.D., Northwestern University…
