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Château-Renault, François Louis Rousselet, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Château-Renault, François Louis Rousselet, marquis de fräNswäˈ lwē ro͞osəlāˈ märkēˈ də shätōˈ-rənōˈ [key], 1637–1716, French vice admiral and marshal. He escorted the deposed kin...Coehoorn, Menno van
(Encyclopedia)Coehoorn, Menno van mĕˈnō vän ko͞oˈhôrn [key], 1641–1704, Dutch military engineer and nobleman. He invented a portable bronze siege mortar called the coehorn. He was considered in his day a r...Amsterdam, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Amsterdam, city (2020 pop. 18,219), Montgomery co., E central N.Y., on the Mohawk River; inc. 1885. Historically famous for the manufacture of carpets, its manufactures now include machine...Estrades, Godefroy, comte d'
(Encyclopedia)Estrades, Godefroy, comte d' gōdfrwäˈ kôNt dĕsträdˈ [key], 1607–86, French diplomat, marshal of France. An accomplished soldier, he negotiated (1662) the purchase of Dunkirk from the English....Olinda
(Encyclopedia)Olinda o͝olēnˈdə [key], city (1991 pop. 341,394), Pernambuco state, E Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. Founded in 1537, it was captured by the Dutch in the 1630s and burned to the ground. The rebuil...Dudok, William
(Encyclopedia)Dudok, William do͞oˈdôk [key], 1884–1974, Dutch architect. Dudok developed a dignified, widely influential style emphasizing the horizontal and utilizing an asymmetric effect with cubic groupings...Eeden, Frederik van
(Encyclopedia)Eeden, Frederik van frāˈdərĭk vän āˈdən [key], 1860–1932, Dutch novelist and poet, a practicing physician. He founded a cooperative farm colony (1898). His work is pervaded by deep mysticism...Einthoven, Willem
(Encyclopedia)Einthoven, Willem vĭlˈəm īntˈhōvən [key], 1860–1927, Dutch physiologist, b. Java, M.D. Univ. of Utrecht, 1885. He was professor at the Univ. of Leiden from 1886. To measure the electric curre...Table Bay
(Encyclopedia)Table Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, lying off Western Cape, South Africa. Table Mt. overlooks the bay, which was visited in the late 15th cent. by Portuguese voyagers to India....Aertsen, Pieter
(Encyclopedia)Aertsen or Aertszen, Pieter both: pēˈtər ärtˈsən [key], 1503?–1575, Dutch painter, b. Amsterdam. Aertsen painted genre scenes (see genre) that are lighthearted in spirit. He also painted relig...Browse by Subject
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