(Encyclopedia) Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of, d. 1176, English nobleman, also known as Richard Strongbow. He went as an adventurer (1170) to Ireland at the request of the hard-pressed Dermot…
(Encyclopedia) Marquand, John PhillipsMarquand, John Phillipsmärˈkwänd [key], 1893–1960, American novelist, b. Wilmington, Del., grad. Harvard, 1915. Most of Marquand's gently satirical novels…
(Encyclopedia) Khachaturian, Aram IlichKhachaturian, Aram Ilichərämˈ ĭlyēchˈ khäˌchət&oomacr;ryänˈ [key], 1903–78, Russian composer of Armenian parentage, b. Tiflis (now Tbilisi). Khachaturian…
(Encyclopedia) Pôrto AlegrePôrto Alegrepōrˈt&oobreve; əlĕˈgrə [key], city (1991 pop. 1,263,403), capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil, on the Guaíba River. One of the chief industrial…
(Encyclopedia) Vidocq, Eugène FrançoisVidocq, Eugène Françoisûzhĕnˈ fräNswäˈ vēdôkˈ [key], 1775–1857, French detective. After a career of crime for which he had been imprisoned, he joined the Paris…
(Encyclopedia) Villehardouin, Geoffroi de, c.1160–c.1212, French historian and Crusader. As marshal of Champagne, he was a leader of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades), which resulted in the conquest…
(Encyclopedia) Carvajal, Francisco deCarvajal, Francisco defränthēsˈkō dā kärvähälˈ [key], 1464?–1548, Spanish conquistador. For 40 years he fought in European wars before going to Mexico and…
(Encyclopedia) Castiglione, Giovanni BenedettoCastiglione, Giovanni Benedettojōvänˈnē bānādĕtˈtō [key]Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto kästēlyōˈnā [key], 1610?–1670, Italian painter and engraver of…
(Encyclopedia) White, William Allen, 1868–1944, American author, b. Emporia, Kans., studied (1886–90) at Kansas State Univ. As owner and editor of the Emporia Gazette from 1895 until his death, he…
(Encyclopedia) willow-pattern ware, sometimes porcelain but frequently opaque pottery, originated in Staffordshire, England, c.1780. Thomas Minton (see Minton, family), then an apprentice potter,…
