(Encyclopedia) Behaim, Behem, or Boeheim, MartinBehaim, Behem, or Boeheim, Martinall: bāˈhīm [key], b. 1436? or 1459?, d. 1506?, German traveler and cosmographer. He studied (possibly under…
(Encyclopedia) Untermeyer, LouisUntermeyer, Louisŭnˈtərmīər [key], 1885–1977, American poet and anthologist, b. New York City. Although a first-rate poet, he is known best for his anthologies,…
(Encyclopedia) Castiglione, Giovanni BenedettoCastiglione, Giovanni Benedettojōvänˈnē bānādĕtˈtō [key]Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto kästēlyōˈnā [key], 1610?–1670, Italian painter and engraver of…
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(Encyclopedia) Allingham, William, 1824–89, English poet, b. Donegal, Ireland. He is best known for his short lyrics, most notably “The Fairies,” beginning “Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen.”
(Encyclopedia) Davy Jones, personification or spirit of the sea. The name is best known in the expression “Davy Jones's locker,” meaning the bottom of the sea, to which drowned sailors go.
(Encyclopedia) Dyer, Sir Edward, 1543?–1607, Elizabethan poet. A friend of Sidney and Spenser, he was celebrated in his day as an elegist. His best-known poem is “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is.”
(Encyclopedia) Neale, John MasonNeale, John Masonnēl [key], 1818–66, English clergyman, historian, and hymn writer, grad. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1840. An enthusiastic supporter of the High…
(Encyclopedia) Lochner, StephanLochner, Stephanshtĕfˈän lôkhˈnər [key], d. 1451, German religious painter of the school of Cologne. He combined the Gothic tradition with a new naturalism and a pure…
