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Seillière, Ernest, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Seillière, Ernest, Baron ĕrnĕstˈ bärôNˈ sāyĕrˈ [key], 1866–1955, French critic and philosopher. He is best known as an opponent of romanticism and for his philosophy of “imperialism.” ...Flagg, Ernest
(Encyclopedia)Flagg, Ernest, 1857–1947, American architect, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. The 45-story Singer Building in New York City, which he built in 1908, marked a revoluti...Koerber, Ernest von
(Encyclopedia)Koerber, Ernest von fən körˈbər [key], 1850–1919, Austro-Hungarian prime minister. A career civil servant, he became prime minister (1900–1904) and made a vigorous but vain attempt to reconcil...Seton, Ernest Thompson
(Encyclopedia)Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860–1946, American writer and artist, b. England. His name was originally Ernest Seton Thompson. His stories and paintings of wildlife, especially Wild Animals I Have Known ...Chausson, Ernest Amédée
(Encyclopedia)Chausson, Ernest Amédée ĕrnĕstˈ ämādāˈ shōsôNˈ [key], 1855–99, French composer. His music reflects the influence of César Franck and also suggests Debussy. Of his songs, perhaps the bes...Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
(Encyclopedia)Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco fĕnəlōˈsə [key], 1853–1908, American Orientalist, educator, and poet, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1874. A pioneer in the study of Asian art, he lived much of his...Sigerist, Henry Ernest
(Encyclopedia)Sigerist, Henry Ernest sĭgˈərĭst [key], 1891–1957, American medical historian and writer, b. Paris, M.D. Univ. of Zürich, 1917. He taught history of medicine at the universities of Zürich (192...Nagel, Ernest
(Encyclopedia)Nagel, Ernest, 1901–85, American philosopher, b. Nové Město (now in the Czech Republic), grad. College of the City of New York, 1923, and Columbia (Ph.D., 1930). His family emigrated to the United...Koroma, Ernest Bai
(Encyclopedia)Koroma, Ernest Bai bī kərōmäˈ [key], 1953–, Sierra Leonean political, grad. Fourah Bay College, Univ. of Sierra Leone (1976). An insurance company executive (1978–2001), he retired to enter p...Gardner, Ernest Arthur
(Encyclopedia)Gardner, Ernest Arthur: see under Gardner, Percy. ...Browse by Subject
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