(Encyclopedia) Flamininus, Titus QuinctiusFlamininus, Titus Quinctiustīˈtəs kwĭngkˈshəs flămĭnīˈnəs [key], c.230–175 b.c., Roman general and statesman. He served in the Second Punic War against…
(Encyclopedia) Grimaldi, Giovanni FrancescoGrimaldi, Giovanni Francescojōvänˈnē [key]Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco fränchāsˈkō grēmälˈdē [key], 1606–80, Italian painter and architect, called Il…
(Encyclopedia) Sowerby, LeoSowerby, Leosōˈərbē [key], 1895–1968, American composer and organist, b. Grand Rapids, Mich. Sowerby studied at the American Conservatory, Chicago, and with Percy Grainger…
(Encyclopedia) Borromini, FrancescoBorromini, Francescofränchāˈskō bōr-rōmēˈnē [key], 1599–1677, major Italian baroque architect. His first independent commission (begun 1634) was San Carlo alle…
(Encyclopedia) PolybiusPolybiuspōlĭˈbēəs [key], 203? b.c.–c.120 b.c., Greek historian, b. Megalopolis. As one of the leaders of the Achaean League and a friend of Philopoemen, he was influential in…
(Encyclopedia) Moreau, JeanneMoreau, Jeannezhän [key]Moreau, Jeanne môrōˈ [key], 1928–2017, French movie actress, b. Paris, studied Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique. She joined the Comédie…
(Encyclopedia) Conrad, Joseph, 1857–1924, English novelist, b. Berdichev, Russia (now Berdychiv, Ukraine), originally named Jósef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski. Born of Polish parents, he is…
(Encyclopedia) Freedom Riders, American civil-rights demonstrators who engaged (1961) in nonviolent protests against segregation of public interstate buses and terminals in the South. From the 1940s…
(Encyclopedia) Rienzi or Rienzo, Cola diRienzi or Rienzo, Cola dikôˈlä dē rēĕnˈtsē, rēĕnˈtsō [key], 1313?–1354, Roman popular leader. In 1343 on a mission to Pope Clement VI at Avignon, he won the…
