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(Encyclopedia) Balzac, Honoré deBalzac, Honoré debălˈzăk, bôl–, Fr. ōnôrāˈ də bälzäkˈ [key], 1799–1850, French novelist, b. Tours. Balzac ranks among the great masters of the novel. Of a bourgeois…
(Encyclopedia) Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811–84, Confederate statesman and British barrister, b. Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, of Jewish parents. His family moved (c.1813) to Wilmington, N…
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Date of Information: 7/19/2022 Governor Gen. David Hurley Prime Min. Anthony Albanese Dep. Prime Min.…
(Encyclopedia) Salzburg Festival, annual festival of music and drama held in Salzburg, Austria, for five weeks starting in late July. The festival may be considered a descendant of the Salzburg Music…
(Encyclopedia) Knights Hospitalers, members of the military and religious Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Jerusalem. The…
(Encyclopedia) Loyalists, in the American Revolution, colonials who adhered to the British cause. The patriots referred to them as Tories. Although Loyalists were found in all social classes and…
(Encyclopedia) Heine, HeinrichHeine, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh hīˈnə [key], 1797–1856, German poet, b. Düsseldorf, of a Jewish family. One of the greatest of German lyric poets, he had a varied career. After…
Civil Rights Landmarks Across the United States, places where the movement took shape by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Alabama First African Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa Brown Chapel,…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Washington Member Name Birth-Death ADAMS, Brockman (Brock) 1927-2004 ALLEN, John Beard 1845-1903…
