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Bohlen, Charles Eustis

(Encyclopedia)Bohlen, Charles Eustis bōˈlən [key], 1904–74, American diplomat, born Clayton, N.Y. He entered (1929) the U.S. Foreign Service and undertook several consular assignments. A specialist in Russian ...

Norris, Charles Gilman

(Encyclopedia)Norris, Charles Gilman: see Norris, Frank. ...

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge

(Encyclopedia)Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge: see Carroll, Lewis. ...

King Charles Land

(Encyclopedia)King Charles Land: see Kong Karls Land. ...

Browne, Charles Farrar

(Encyclopedia)Browne, Charles Farrar: see Ward, Artemus. ...

Van Doren, Charles

(Encyclopedia)Van Doren, Charles: see under Van Doren, Mark. ...

Charles the Great

(Encyclopedia)Charles the Great, Frankish king, emperor of the West: see Charlemagne. ...

Caffieri

(Encyclopedia)Caffieri Fr. käfyārēˈ, Ital. käf-fyāˈrē [key], French family of artists. Philippe Caffieri, 1634–1716, left Italy to enter the service of Louis XIV at the Gobelin factory. He and a son, Jacq...

Mazzuchelli, Samuel Charles

(Encyclopedia)Mazzuchelli, Samuel Charles mäˈzho͞okĕlē [key], 1806–64, Italian missionary in America. He was a Dominican. He was ordered (1830) to the island of Mackinac to be the only permanent priest in th...

Morphy, Paul Charles

(Encyclopedia)Morphy, Paul Charles môrˈfē [key], 1837–84, American chess player, b. New Orleans. At 10 he learned the game and at 21 was acknowledged as the greatest player in the world. Not only was Morphy po...