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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...

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. ...

Favras, Thomas de Mahy, marquis de

(Encyclopedia)Favras, Thomas de Mahy, marquis de tômäˈ də mäēˈ märkēˈ də fävräsˈ [key], 1744–90, French royalist. After the outbreak of the French Revolution, he plotted (1789) with the comte de La ...

Cecil, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Cecil, Robert: see Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st earl of. ...

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