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De Hooch, Pieter

(Encyclopedia)De Hooch or De Hoogh, Pieter: see Hooch, Pieter de. ...

De Jong, Piet

(Encyclopedia)De Jong, Piet (Petrus Jozef Sietse De Jong) pēt də yông; pāˈtrüs yōˈzəf sēĕtˈsə [key], 1915–2016, Dutch naval officer and political leader. Having entered the royal navy in 1931, he ser...

De Kalb, Johann

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De Kempener, Pieter

(Encyclopedia)De Kempener, Pieter: see Kempener, Pieter de. ...

De Keyser, Thomas

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De Koninck, Philips

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de Kooning, Willem

(Encyclopedia)de Kooning, Willem də ko͞oˈnĭng [key], 1904–97, American painter, b. Netherlands; studied Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and Techniques. De Kooning immigrated to the United States, arriving as a...

De Lairesse, Gerard

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de Larrocha, Alicia

(Encyclopedia)de Larrocha, Alicia (Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle), 1923–2009, Spanish pianist, b. Barcelona. One of the outstanding pianists of the 20th cent., she gave her first recital when she was five and ...

De Leon, Daniel

(Encyclopedia)De Leon, Daniel dē lēˈŏn [key], 1852–1914, American socialist leader. Born on the island of Curaçao of Spanish-American parents, he was educated in Germany and the Netherlands before going (187...