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(Encyclopedia)Curie kürēˈ [key], family of French scientists. Pierre Curie, 1859–1906, scientist, and his wife, Marie Sklodowska Curie, 1867–1934, chemist and physicist, b. Warsaw, are known for their work o...Saint Marys, rivers, United States and Canada
(Encyclopedia)Saint Marys. 1 River, c.175 mi (280 km) long, rising in Okefenokee Swamp, SE Ga., and flowing, with a great southern bend, E to the Atlantic Ocean. It forms part of the Georgia–Florida line. The low...Vogüé, Eugène Marie Melchior, vicomte de
(Encyclopedia)Vogüé, Eugène Marie Melchior, vicomte de özhĕnˈ märēˈ mĕlkyôrˈ vēkôNtˈ də vôgüāˈ [key], 1848–1910, French critic. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War and was imprisoned for six ...Royal National Theatre
(Encyclopedia)Royal National Theatre a government-funded repertory company based in London. Although the idea for such a company originated in the 19th cent., the National Theatre was not finally established until ...Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Lafayette, or La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de märēˈ zhôzĕfˈ pôl ēv rôk zhēlbĕrˈ dü môtyāˈ märkēˈ də läfāĕtˈ [key], 1757–1834, French gen...Philip IV, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily
(Encyclopedia)Philip IV, 1605–65, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1621–65) and, as Philip III, king of Portugal (1621–40); son and successor of Philip III of Spain. Philip IV was intelligent but lacked int...Marquette, Jacques
(Encyclopedia)Marquette, Jacques zhäk märkĕtˈ [key], 1637–75, French missionary and explorer in North America, a Jesuit priest. He was sent to New France in 1666 and studied Native American languages under a ...Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise
(Encyclopedia)Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise märēˈ də vēshēˈ-shäNrôNˈ märkēzˈ dü dĕfäNˈ [key], 1697–1780, French woman of letters, whose salon was frequented (1753–80) by the lea...Monvel, Louis Maurice Boutet de
(Encyclopedia)Monvel, Louis Maurice Boutet de: see Boutet de Monvel, Louis Maurice. ...Louis IV, Holy Roman emperor
(Encyclopedia)Louis IV or Louis the Bavarian, 1287?–1347, Holy Roman emperor (1328–47) and German king (1314–47), duke of Upper Bavaria. After the death of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII the Luxemburg party amo...Browse by Subject
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