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Balen, Hendrik van
(Encyclopedia)Balen, Hendrik van hĕnˈdrĭk vän bäˈlən [key], 1575–1632, Flemish painter, b. Antwerp. Van Balen usually provided the figures for scenes in which another painter, frequently Jan Brueghel, desi...Orley, Bernard van
(Encyclopedia)Orley, Bernard van bäˈrənt [key], c.1491–1542, Flemish painter. In 1515 he was settled in Brussels, where he became court painter to Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands, and to her suc...Mülheim an der Ruhr
(Encyclopedia)Mülheim an der Ruhr mülˈhīm än dĕr ro͞or [key] or Mülheim, city (1994 pop. 177,175), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. It is an industrial center of the Ruhr district and...Rothenburg ob der Tauber
(Encyclopedia)Rothenburg ob der Tauber rōˈtənbo͞orkh ôp dĕr touˈbər [key], town (1994 pop. 12,001), Bavaria, S Germany, on the Tauber River. One of the best-preserved and most picturesque medieval towns in ...Ring des Nibelungen, Der
(Encyclopedia)Ring des Nibelungen, Der: see Nibelungen. ...Sperry, Roger Wolcott
(Encyclopedia)Sperry, Roger Wolcott, 1913–94, American biologist, b. Hartford, Conn., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1941. He studied zoology before teaching biology at the Univ. of Chicago (1946–52) and the Californi...Landsberg an der Warthe
(Encyclopedia)Landsberg an der Warthe: see Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. ...Traynor, Roger John
(Encyclopedia)Traynor, Roger John, 1900–1983, American jurist, b. Park City, Utah, grad. Univ. of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1923, Ph.D., 1926, J.D., 1927.) After teaching political science and law at the Univ...Fry, Roger Eliot
(Encyclopedia)Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866–1934, English art critic and painter. A champion of modern French schools of art, he introduced Cézanne and the postimpressionists to England. From 1905 to 1910 he was curato...Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen
(Encyclopedia)Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen kēˈlēän văn rĕnˈsələr, rĕnˈsəlērˌ [key], c.1580–1644, Dutch merchant and patroon, b. Amsterdam. He was a wealthy diamond and pearl merchant and helped found (16...Browse by Subject
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