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Darboy, Georges

(Encyclopedia)Darboy, Georges zhôrzh därbwäˈ [key], 1813–71, French churchman, bishop of Nancy (1859–63) and archbishop of Paris (1863–71). In the Franco-Prussian War he behaved heroically, notably in the...

Ors, Eugenio d'

(Encyclopedia)Ors, Eugenio d' āo͞ohāˈnyō dôrs [key], 1882–1954, Spanish writer. His works include Glosari, brief essays in which he attempted to relate passing events to aesthetic and intellectual concepts;...

Toul

(Encyclopedia)Toul to͞ol [key], town (1990 pop. 17,702), Meurthe-et-Moselle dept., NE France, on the Moselle River. It is largely an agricultural center but has clothing and glass industries. A Gallo-Roman city, i...

Brannan, Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Brannan, Samuel, 1819–89, California pioneer, b. Saco, Maine. Converted to Mormonism, he edited a Mormon paper in New York City before leading a party of Mormons by sea from New York to California. ...

Morgan, Julia

(Encyclopedia)Morgan, Julia, 1872–1957, American architect, b. San Francisco, B.S. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1894. Trained as an engineer, she became the first woman to study architecture at the École des B...

Anza, Juan Bautista de

(Encyclopedia)Anza, Juan Bautista de hwän boutēsˈtä dā änˈsä [key], 1735–88, Spanish explorer and official in the Southwest and the far West, reputed founder of San Francisco, b. Mexico. Accompanied by Fa...

Tissot, James Joseph Jacques

(Encyclopedia)Tissot, James Joseph Jacques zhāmz zhôzĕfˈ zhäk tēsōˈ [key], 1836–1902, French painter and etcher. After participating in the Franco-Prussian War he stayed for 10 years in London, where he w...

Valmy

(Encyclopedia)Valmy välmēˈ [key], village (1993 est. pop. 293), Marne dept., NE France, in the Argonne region. The “cannonade of Valmy,” a Franco-Prussian artillery skirmish, was fought near there on Sept. 2...

Werner, Anton Alexander von

(Encyclopedia)Werner, Anton Alexander von änˈtôn älĕksänˈdər fən vĕrˈnər [key], 1843–1915, German historical painter, portraitist, and illustrator. He was director (1875–1915) of the Berlin Academy....

Boucicaut Master

(Encyclopedia)Boucicaut Master bo͞osēkōˈ [key], active c.1375–1400, Franco-Flemish manuscript illuminator. The master was named for his greatest work, The Hours of the Maréchal de Boucicaut (Musée Jacquemar...