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Maura y Montaner, Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Maura y Montaner, Antonio äntōˈnyō môrˈä ē mōnˈtänār [key], 1853–1925, Spanish politician. He entered the Cortes in 1881 as a liberal but later joined the Conservative party. As premier ...

Samaranch, Juan Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Samaranch, Juan Antonio (Juan Antonio Samaranch Torello, marqués de Samaranch), 1920–2010, Spanish Olympic official. He was a businessman, an elected public official, and served (1977–80) as Span...

Espejo, Antonio de

(Encyclopedia)Espejo, Antonio de äntōˈnyō ᵺā āspāˈhō [key], fl. 1582–83, Spanish explorer. In 1582 he was sent out from San Bartolomé, Mexico, to rescue missionaries said to be menaced by the Pueblo p...

Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio jo͞ozĕpˈpā äntōˈnyō bōrjāˈzā [key], 1882–1952, Italian-American author, b. near Palermo, Ph.D. Univ. of Florence, 1903. From 1910 to 1931 he taught at the unive...

Nicholas, Antonio Fayard

(Encyclopedia)Nicholas, Antonio Fayard: see Nicholas Brothers. ...

Bazzi, Giovanni Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Bazzi, Giovanni Antonio: see Sodoma, Il. ...

Blanco, Antonio Guzmán

(Encyclopedia)Blanco, Antonio Guzmán: see Guzmán Blanco. ...

Bononcini, Marc Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Bononcini, Marc Antonio: see under Bononcini, family. ...

Castro Alves, Antônio de

(Encyclopedia)Castro Alves, Antônio de: see Alves, Antônio de Castro. ...

Rosmini-Serbati, Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Rosmini-Serbati, Antonio äntōˈnyō rōzmēˈnē-sĕrbäˈtē [key], 1797–1855, Italian theologian. Ordained a priest in 1821, he attempted to establish a philosophical system based on Roman Catho...