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Taeuber-Arp, Sophie
(Encyclopedia)Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889–1943, Swiss textile designer, painter, and sculptor, b. Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber. She taught textile design (1916–29) at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zürich...Clericus, Johannes
(Encyclopedia)Clericus, Johannes: see Le Clerc, Jean. ...Grandville, French caricaturist, illustrator, and lithographer
(Encyclopedia)Grandville: see Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore. ...Saint Johns, city, Quebec, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Saint Johns, Que., Canada: see St. Jean. ...L'Olonnois, François
(Encyclopedia)L'Olonnois, François: see Nau, Jacques Jean David. ...Moreau, Louis Gabriel
(Encyclopedia)Moreau, Louis Gabriel: see Moreau, Jean-Michel. ...Saint-Cyran, Abbé de
(Encyclopedia)Saint-Cyran, Abbé de: see Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean. ...Gondi, Paul de
(Encyclopedia)Gondi, Paul de: see Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de. ...Chouans
(Encyclopedia)Chouans sho͞oˈənz, Fr. shwäN [key] [Norman Fr.,=owls], peasants of W France who rose against the French Revolutionary government in 1793. One of their first leaders was Jean Cottereau, traditional...Beyazid
(Encyclopedia)Beyazid, 1612–1638?, Ottoman prince; brother of Sultan Murad IV. Considering Beyazid a dangerous rival, Murad ordered his execution. Beyazid's death is treated in Jean Racine's tragedy, Bajazet (167...Browse by Subject
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