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Cantacuzene, John

(Encyclopedia)Cantacuzene, John: see John VI, Byzantine emperor. ...

Sobieski, John

(Encyclopedia)Sobieski, John: see John III, king of Poland. ...

Zapolya, John

(Encyclopedia)Zapolya, John: see John I, king of Hungary. ...

Strype, John

(Encyclopedia)Strype, John strīp [key], 1643–1737, English ecclesiastical historian and biographer. A graduate of Cambridge, he took holy orders. Much of his early life was spent in collecting old charters, lett...

Frazee, John

(Encyclopedia)Frazee, John frāˈzē [key], 1790–1852, American pioneer sculptor, b. Rahway, N.J. Without formal instruction, he advanced from tombstone cutting to portrait busts, including those of Daniel Webste...

John Scotus

(Encyclopedia)John Scotus: see Duns Scotus, John; Eriugena, John Scotus. ...

Black Mountain College

(Encyclopedia)Black Mountain College, former coeducational liberal arts college at Black Mountain, N.C., near Asheville. Founded (1933) by John Rice, also the school's first rector (1933–40), on the progressive e...

Bale, John

(Encyclopedia)Bale, John, 1495–1563, English dramatist and clergyman. An ardent proponent of the Reformation, he used the stage as a vehicle for his views. His most famous play, King John (written c.1535), shows ...

Dalrymple, John

(Encyclopedia)Dalrymple, John: see Stair, John Dalrymple, 1st earl of, and Stair, John Dalrymple, 2d earl of. ...

Cumming, John

(Encyclopedia)Cumming, John. For persons thus named, use Comyn, John.