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Philip, Prince
(Encyclopedia)Philip, Prince: see Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of. ...Philip Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Philip Augustus: see Philip II, king of France. ...Carteret, Philip
(Encyclopedia)Carteret, Philip, 1639–82, first colonial governor of New Jersey. Carteret, commissioned by the proprietor, Sir George Carteret, his fourth cousin, arrived in the province in 1665. He soon faced dis...Pearlstein, Philip
(Encyclopedia)Pearlstein, Philip, 1924–, American painter, b. Pittsburgh. He paints monumental nude figures directly from life with a verisimilitude that captures sagging and sallow flesh, works that recall photo...Dick, Philip K.
(Encyclopedia)Dick, Philip K. (Philip Kindred Dick), 1928–82, American science-fiction writer, b. Chicago. Dick often wrote of the psychological states of individuals caught in altered realities where the everyda...Francis, Sir Philip
(Encyclopedia)Francis, Sir Philip, 1740–1818, British statesman and pamphleteer. He may have been the author known as Junius. He held several minor posts in government offices before being appointed to the counci...Hench, Philip Showalter
(Encyclopedia)Hench, Philip Showalter, 1896–1965, American physician, b. Pittsburgh, M.D. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1920. Associated with the Mayo Foundation of the Univ. of Minnesota school of medicine after 1921, he...Hesse, Philip of
(Encyclopedia)Hesse, Philip of: see Philip of Hesse. ...Hoffa, James Philip
(Encyclopedia)Hoffa, James Philip: see under Hoffa, Jimmy. ...Habib, Philip Charles
(Encyclopedia)Habib, Philip Charles häbēbˈ [key], 1920–92, American diplomat, b. New York City. A career foreign service officer (1949–80), he served in various embassy and State Dept. posts. Habib took part...Browse by Subject
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