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Dudley, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Dudley, Robert: see Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of. ...Carr, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Carr, Robert: see Somerset, Robert Carr, earl of. ...Robert Curthose
(Encyclopedia)Robert Curthose: see Robert II, duke of Normandy. ...Devereux, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Devereux, Robert: see Essex, Robert Devereux, 2d earl of. ...Cecil, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Cecil, Robert: see Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st earl of. ...Garnier, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Garnier, Robert gärnyāˈ [key], 1534?–1590, French dramatic poet. He wrote mainly closet dramas in the classical manner of Seneca. Les Juives [the Jewish women] (1583), based on the Bible, is per...Pearson, Sir Cyril Arthur
(Encyclopedia)Pearson, Sir Cyril Arthur pērˈsən [key], 1866–1921, English publisher. He founded and directed the periodicals Pearson's Weekly, Pearson's Magazine, and The Lady's Magazine and the London Daily E...Bresson, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Bresson, Robert rôbĕrˈ brĕsôNˈ [key], 1901–99, French film director and scriptwriter, b. Bromont-Lamottie, France. Bresson's films tend to be austere, unadorned, and concerned more with intell...Port Arthur, city, China
(Encyclopedia)Port Arthur: see Lüshun, China.Browse by Subject
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