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The 1998 Emmy Awards

50th Emmy Awards: Comedy Series Nominees prev | outstanding series | directing | writing | next Outstanding Comedy Series Ally McBeal (Fox) Frasier (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Seinfeld…

Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon

(Encyclopedia) Coornhert, Dirck VolckertszoonCoornhert, Dirck Volckertszoondûrk vôlˈkərtzōn kôrnˈhârt [key], 1522–90, Dutch humanist. His translation (1561) of the first 12 books of the Odyssey is…

Harwich

(Encyclopedia) Harwich Harwich hărˈĭj [key], town, Essex, E central England, on the estuary of the Stour and the…

Heem, Jan Davidszoon de

(Encyclopedia) Heem, Jan Davidszoon deHeem, Jan Davidszoon deyän däˈvētsōn də hām [key], 1606–84, Dutch painter of fruit and flower pieces. He studied with his father, David de Heem, and became one…

Gorinchem

(Encyclopedia) Gorinchem Gorinchem gôrˈĭnkhəm [key] or Gorkum Gorinchem…

Melchers, Gari

(Encyclopedia) Melchers, GariMelchers, Garigârˈē mĕlˈchərz [key], 1860–1932, American figure, genre, and portrait painter, b. Detroit, studied in Düsseldorf and Paris. In Holland he painted the…

Lairesse, Gerard de

(Encyclopedia) Lairesse, Gerard deLairesse, Gerard degāˈrärt də lārĕsˈ [key], 1641–1711, Flemish painter of allegorical and religious subjects, b. Liège. Most of his life was spent in Holland, where…

Vanderlyn, Pieter

(Encyclopedia) Vanderlyn, PieterVanderlyn, Pieterpēˈtər [key]Vanderlyn, Pieter vănˈdərlĭn [key], c.1687–1778, American colonial painter, b. Holland. He reached New York c.1718 and became a portrait…

wirehaired pointing griffon

(Encyclopedia) wirehaired pointing griffon, breed of medium-sized sporting dog developed in Holland and France in the late 19th cent. It stands about 22 in. (56 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs…

Rotterdam, city, Netherlands

(Encyclopedia) RotterdamRotterdamrŏtˈərdămˌ, Dutch rôtərdämˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 598,521), South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) River near its mouth on the North Sea…