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Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron frēˈdrĭkh mĕlˈkhēôr bärōnˈ grĭm [key], 1723–1807, German man of letters in France. He contributed to the Encyclopédie articles on music that were bellige...Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork
(Encyclopedia)Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork, 1566–1643, English settler in Ireland. He first went to Ireland in 1588 and in 1602 purchased for a small sum Sir Walter Raleigh's large landholdings in Cork, Water...Thomas, Ambroise
(Encyclopedia)Thomas, Ambroise äNbrwäzˈ tōmäˈ [key], 1811–96, French operatic composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory, receiving the Prix de Rome in 1832. He later taught composition there and became it...Thomas, Dylan
(Encyclopedia)Thomas, Dylan dĭlˈən [key], 1914–53, Welsh poet, b. Swansea. An extraordinarily individualistic writer, Thomas is ranked among the great 20th-century poets. He grew up in Swansea, the son of a te...Occleve, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Occleve, Thomas: see Hoccleve, Thomas. ...Lieber, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Lieber, Thomas: see Erastus, Thomas. ...Liebler, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Liebler, Thomas: see Erastus, Thomas. ...Lynaker, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Lynaker, Thomas: see Linacre, Thomas. ...Abel, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Abel, Thomas: see Abell, Thomas.Bakacs, Thomas
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