Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Detaille, Jean Baptiste Édouard

(Encyclopedia)Detaille, Jean Baptiste Édouard zhäN bäptēstˈ ādwärˈ dətäyˈ [key], 1848–1912, French painter. He studied under J. L. E. Meissonier and served in the Franco-Russian war. From this backgrou...

Leeds, Thomas Osborne, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia)Leeds, Thomas Osborne, 1st duke of: see Danby, Thomas Osborne, earl of. ...

Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Hart, Albert Bushnell

(Encyclopedia)Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854–1943, American historian, b. Clarksville, Greene co., Pa. He began teaching history at Harvard in 1883, became a full professor in 1897, and from 1910 until his retiremen...

Burns, Arthur Frank

(Encyclopedia)Burns, Arthur Frank, 1904–87, American economist, b. Austria, grad. Columbia Univ. (A.B., 1925; A.M., 1925; Ph.D., 1934). He taught economics at Rutgers Univ. (1927–44), and then joined (1944) the...

Albemarle, George Monck, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia)Albemarle, George Monck or Monk, 1st duke of: see Monck, George. ...

Douglas, James, 4th duke of Hamilton

(Encyclopedia)Douglas, James, 1658–1712: see Hamilton, James Douglas, 4th duke of. ...

Gorman, Arthur Pue

(Encyclopedia)Gorman, Arthur Pue, 1839–1906, American legislator, b. Woodstock, Md. After serving from 1869 to 1879 in the Maryland legislature, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1880. Gorman had by this time ...

Devonshire, Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Devonshire, Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th duke of kăvˈəndĭsh, dĕvˈənshĭr [key], 1833–1908, British statesman. He became marquess of Hartington in 1858. He frequently held office in Liberal ...