(Encyclopedia) Chinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde deChinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde del&oomacr;ēsˈ…
(Encyclopedia) Dentatus (Manius Curius Dentatus)Dentatusdĕntāˈtəs; māˈnēəs ky&oobreve;rˈēəs [key], d. 270 b.c., Roman general. As consul (290) he defeated the Samnites, Sabines, and Lucani; in…
(Encyclopedia) epicureanismepicureanismĕpˌĭky&oobreve;rēˈənĭzˌəm [key], philosophy that follows the teachings of Epicurus, who held that pleasure is the end of all morality and that real pleasure…
(Encyclopedia) Oganessian, Yuri Tsolakovich, 1933–, b. Rostov-na-Donu, Russian nuclear physicist, Ph.D. Moscow State Univ. (1963), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (1970). Joining…
(Encyclopedia) Keith, James Francis Edward, 1696–1758, Scottish field marshal of Prussia; brother of George Keith, 10th earl marischal [marshal] of Scotland. He participated in the Jacobite uprising…
(Encyclopedia) Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766–1828, English scientist, M.D. Cambridge, 1793. His wide-ranging scientific achievements include the discovery (1802) of the dark lines (Fraunhofer lines)…
(Encyclopedia) ZabrzeZabrzezäbˈzhĕ [key], Ger. Hindenburg, city (1992 est. pop. 202,800), Śląskie prov., S Poland. It is a railway junction in the Katowice mining and industrial region. Local coal…
(Encyclopedia) Blenheim Park, estate, Oxfordshire, central England, near Woodstock. The stately Blenheim Palace was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and stands on spacious grounds that included…
