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Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard
(Encyclopedia)Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard ĭzˈəmbärdˌ bro͞onĕlˈ [key], 1769–1849, British engineer and inventor. Born in France, he came to the United States in 1793 as a royalist refugee. He became chief en...Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
(Encyclopedia)Brunel, Isambard Kingdom: see under Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard. ...Cunard, Sir Samuel
(Encyclopedia)Cunard, Sir Samuel kyo͞onärdˈ [key], 1787–1865, Canadian pioneer of regular transatlantic steam navigation, b. Halifax, N.S. The son of a United Empire Loyalist, he became a leading businessman o...marc
(Encyclopedia)marc: see brandy.Anthony, Marc
(Encyclopedia)Anthony, Marc: see Antony.Blitzstein, Marc
(Encyclopedia)Blitzstein, Marc (Marcus Samuel Blitzstein), 1905–64, American composer, pianist, and librettist, b. Philadelphia. After attending the Univ. of Pennsylvania and the Curtis Institute of Music, he stu...Bloch, Marc
(Encyclopedia)Bloch, Marc blôk [key], 1886–1944, French historian and an authority on medieval feudalism. He taught at the Univ. of Strasbourg from 1919, became professor at the Sorbonne in 1936, and was cofound...Marc, Franz
(Encyclopedia)Marc, Franz fränts märk [key], 1880–1916, German painter. Influenced by August Macke, he developed a rich, chromatic symbolism. He depicted a mystical world of animals, especially horses, employin...Marc Antony
(Encyclopedia)Marc Antony: see Antony.Chagall, Marc
(Encyclopedia)Chagall, Marc märk shəgälˈ [key], 1887–1985, Russian painter. In 1907, Chagall left his native Vitebsk for St. Petersburg, where he studied under L. N. Bakst. In Paris (1910) he began to assimil...Browse by Subject
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