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Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf von

(Encyclopedia)Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf von nēˈkōlous lo͝otˈvĭkh gräf fən tsĭnˈtsəndôrf [key], 1700–1760, German churchman, patron and bishop of the refounded Moravian Church, b. Dresden. Rear...

Thieu, Nguyen Van

(Encyclopedia)Thieu, Nguyen Van nəwēˈĕn vän tēˈo͞o, tyo͞o [key], 1924–2001, president of the former Republic of South Vietnam (1967–75). After World War II, he joined the Viet Minh, but then left it to...

Brooks, Van Wyck

(Encyclopedia)Brooks, Van Wyck văn wĭkˈ [key], 1886–1963, American critic, b. Plainfield, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1908. His first book, The Wine of the Puritans (1909), presented the thesis that American culture ...

Heyden, Jan van der

(Encyclopedia)Heyden, Jan van der yän vän dər hīˈdən [key], 1637–1712, Dutch architectural and landscape painter. He worked chiefly in Amsterdam. His charming pictures of towns, buildings, and public square...

Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen

(Encyclopedia)Janssens, Janssen, or Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen kôrnāˈlĭs vän köˈlən yänˈsəns, –sən, –sôn [key], 1593–c.1662, Dutch portrait painter who worked in England. He was the fashionable ...

van Basten, Marco

(Encyclopedia)van Basten, Marco, 1964–, Dutch soccer player. A powerful striker/forward, he began his professional playing career at Ajax Amsterdam (1982–87), where he was a key factor in the team's capturing t...

Noot, Jan van der

(Encyclopedia)Noot, Jan van der yän vän dĕr nōt [key], b. 1539 or 1540, d. 1595?, Flemish poet. He wrote sonnets, odes, and other pieces in imitation of Petrarch and especially of Ronsard. ...

Van Heemskerck, Maarten

(Encyclopedia)Van Heemskerck, Maarten: see Heemskerck. ...

Veen, Maarten van

(Encyclopedia)Veen, Maarten van: see Heemskerck. ...

Beverloo, Cornelis van

(Encyclopedia)Beverloo, Cornelis van: see Corneille. ...