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Bergognone

(Encyclopedia) BergognoneBergognonebĕrgōnyōˈnā [key] or BorgognoneBorgognonebôr– [key], fl. 1450–1523, Italian painter, known also as Ambrogio Stefani da Fossano. His most important works are the…

Wiesel, Torsten Nils

(Encyclopedia) Wiesel, Torsten Nils, 1924–, Swedish neurobiologist, b. Uppsala, Sweden. After earning a degree in medicine from Karolinska Univ., Stockholm (1954), he took a research position at…

Malatesta

(Encyclopedia) MalatestaMalatestamälätĕˈstä [key], Italian family, ruling Rimini and nearby cities for almost 300 years from the 13th to 16th cent. Malatesta da Verucchio (d. 1312), a powerful Guelph…

Albuquerque, Afonso de

(Encyclopedia) Albuquerque, Afonso deAlbuquerque, Afonso deəfôNˈzō dĭ əlb&oomacr;kĕrˈkə, –də älˌbəkĕrˈkə [key], 1453–1515, Portuguese admiral, the effective founder of the Portuguese Empire in…

Selected Activists and Reformers

Sojourner Truth See also Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline African-American Religious Leaders Civil Rights Leaders Civil Rights Movement…

Mozambique, country, Africa

(Encyclopedia) CE5 MozambiqueMozambiquemōˌzəmbēkˈ [key], officially Republic of Mozambique, republic (2015 est. pop. 25,303,000), 302,659 sq mi (784,090 sq km), SE Africa. It borders on the Indian…

Triple Crown Races—2008

Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., May 3, 2008.) Purse: $2,000,000. Distance: 11/4 mi. Order of finish: 1. Big Brown (Borel), mutuel…

Charles Francis ADAMS, Congress, MA (1807-1886)

ADAMS, Charles Francis, (son of John Quincy Adams and grandson of John Adams), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., August 18, 1807; spent several years with his parents…