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Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, BaronGuérin, Pierre Narcisse, Baronpyĕr närsēsˈ, bärôN [key]Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, Baron gārăNˈ [key], 1774–1833, French painter. He won enthusiastic…

Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron: see Campbell, Colin, Baron Clyde.

Dalling and Bulwer, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Dalling and Bulwer, Baron: see Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle, Baron Dalling and Bulwer.

Heathfield, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Heathfield, 1st Baron: see Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar.

Hiranuma, Kiichiro, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Hiranuma, Kiichiro, BaronHiranuma, Kiichiro, Baronkēˌēˈchērō hēräˈn&oomacr;mä [key], 1865–1952, Japanese statesman, founder of the Kokuhonsha, a powerful militaristic and…

Bosio, François Joseph, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Bosio, François Joseph, BaronBosio, François Joseph, BaronfräNswäˈ zhôzĕfˈ bärôNˈ bôsyōˈ [key], 1769–1845, French sculptor. He was employed by Napoleon I to make the bas-reliefs for…

Holberg, Ludvig, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Holberg, Ludvig, BaronHolberg, Ludvig, Baronl&oomacr;ᵺˈvē bärōnˈ hōlˈbĕr [key], 1684–1754, Danish dramatist, essayist, poet, and historian, apostle of the Enlightenment in…

Knyphausen, Wilhelm, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Knyphausen, Wilhelm, Baron vonKnyphausen, Wilhelm, Baron vonvĭlˈhĕlm bärônˈ fən kənüpˈhouzən [key], 1716–1800, German general in British service in the American Revolution. He served…

Campbell, Colin, Baron Clyde

(Encyclopedia) Campbell, Colin, Baron Clyde, 1792–1863, British general. He commanded troops in China (1842–46) and India (1847–54) and in the famous victory at Balaklava (1854) in the Crimean War.…

Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, BaronGrimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baronfrēˈdrĭkh mĕlˈkhēôr bärōnˈ grĭm [key], 1723–1807, German man of letters in France. He contributed to the Encyclopédie…