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Leighton, Frederick Leighton, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Leighton, Frederick Leighton, BaronLeighton, Frederick Leighton, Baronlāˈtən [key], 1830–96, English painter and sculptor. He studied in Florence. His first exhibited picture, which…

Leighton, Clare

(Encyclopedia) Leighton, ClareLeighton, Clarelāˈtən [key], 1899–1989, English print maker, writer, and illustrator. Leighton was best known for her fine woodcuts and engravings and her work is…

Leighton, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Leighton, Robert, 1611–84, Scottish prelate and classical scholar. After several years in France, where he seems to have developed an admiration for the Jansenists, he became (1641) a…

Women Artists

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Navajo, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) Navajo or NavahoNavahoboth: näˈvəhō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages). A…

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Picasso, Pablo

(Encyclopedia) Picasso, Pablo (Pablo Ruiz y Picasso)Picasso, Pablopäˈblō pēkäˈsō; r&oomacr;ēthˈ ē [key], 1881–1973, Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and ceramist, who worked in France.…

Notable Protestant Religious Leaders

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