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Nasmyth, Alexander
(Encyclopedia)Nasmyth, Alexander nāˈsmĭth [key], 1758–1840, Scottish landscape and portrait painter. His Stirling Castle (National Gall., London) is a good example of his simple, picturesque Scottish scenes. H...Nasmyth, Patrick
(Encyclopedia)Nasmyth, Patrick: see Nasmyth, Alexander. ...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...Browse by Subject
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