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Robert Grosseteste
(Encyclopedia)Robert Grosseteste: see Grosseteste, Robert. ...Parsons, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Parsons, Robert: see Persons, Robert. ...Robert, Hubert
(Encyclopedia)Robert, Hubert übârˈ rôbĕrˈ [key], 1733–1808, French painter and landscape architect. A follower of Piranesi and Pannini, Robert was known as a painter of idealized landscapes, fantastic ruins...Hoover, J. Edgar
(Encyclopedia)Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar Hoover), 1895–1972, American administrator, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), b. Washington, D.C. Shortly after he was admitted to the bar, he enter...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...Browse by Subject
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