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Alekhine, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Alekhine, Alexander əlyĕkhˈēn [key], 1892–1946, Russian-French chess player, b. Moscow. He became a naturalized French citizen after the Russian Revolution. At the age of 16 he gained the rank o...

Alexander Karadjordjević

(Encyclopedia)Alexander Karadjordjević or Karageorgevich: see Alexander, prince of Serbia; Alexander, king of Yugoslavia. ...

Severus, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Severus, Alexander: see Alexander Severus. ...

Colyn, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Colyn, Alexander: see Colins, Alexander. ...

Ales, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Ales, Alexander: see Alesius, Alexander. ...

Colin, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Colin, Alexander: see Colins, Alexander. ...

Alexander John I

(Encyclopedia)Alexander John I, prince of Romania: see Cuza, Alexander John. ...

Selkirk, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Selkirk, Alexander sĕlˈkərk [key], 1676–1721, Scottish sailor whose adventures suggested to Daniel Defoe the story of Robinson Crusoe (1719). In 1704, as a sailing master, Selkirk quarreled with ...

Tsankov, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Tsankov, Alexander tsänˈkôf [key], 1879–1959, Bulgarian politician. A professor of political economy at the Univ. of Sofia, he was instrumental in the overthrow (1923) of the dictatorship of Alex...

Alexander Nevsky

(Encyclopedia)Alexander Nevsky nĕvˈskē [key] [Rus.,=of the Neva], 1220–1263, Russian hero, grand duke of Vladimir-Suzdal. As prince of Novgorod (1236–52) he earned his surname by his victory (1240) over the ...