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Lloyd, Seton Howard Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Lloyd, Seton Howard Frederick, 1902–96, English archaeologist. Trained originally as an architect, he gained his first archaeological experience in 1928 as a member of the Egypt Exploration Society'...Leighton, Frederick Leighton, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Leighton, Frederick Leighton, Baron lāˈtən [key], 1830–96, English painter and sculptor. He studied in Florence. His first exhibited picture, which showed Cimabue's Madonna being carried through ...Villiers, George William Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Villiers, George William Frederick: see Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, 4th earl of. ...Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles
(Encyclopedia)Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles: see Phoenix Park murders. ...Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916–2004, British biophysicist, b. New Zealand, Ph.D. Univ. of Birmingham, 1940. He conducted research at the Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland, and at Kings College, ...Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley
(Encyclopedia)Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley: see Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of. ...Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene
(Encyclopedia)Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867–1940, American philosopher, b. Windsor, Ont., grad. Amherst, 1889, and Union Theological Seminary, 1892, and studied (1892–94) at the Univ. of Berlin. He t...Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter
(Encyclopedia)Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, 1809–89, American educator and mathematician, b. Sheffield, Mass., grad. Yale, 1828. After tutoring at Yale and teaching in institutions for the deaf and mute, he...Roth, Frederick George Richard
(Encyclopedia)Roth, Frederick George Richard, 1872–1944, American animal sculptor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., educated at Bremen, Germany, and studied art in Vienna and Berlin. His elephants, dogs, and horses, whether in...Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh
(Encyclopedia)Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, 1801–66, English woman of letters; wife of Thomas Carlyle, whom she married in 1826. She possessed a genius for letter writing, manifest in the volumes of her published ...Browse by Subject
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