(Encyclopedia) Campoamor, Ramón deCampoamor, Ramón derämōnˈ dā kämpōämōrˈ [key], 1817–1901, Spanish poet, the first to break with the romantic tradition of long, tragic, and emotional poetry. While…
(Encyclopedia) Carreño, TeresaCarreño, Teresatārāˈsä kärāˈnyō [key], 1853–1917, Venezuelan pianist; pupil of L. M. Gottschalk and Anton Rubinstein. Her debut was made in New York in 1862. She…
(Encyclopedia) Black Watch or Royal Highland Regiment, Scottish infantry regiment. The first companies were raised in 1725 to watch the rebellious Scottish highlands and keep the peace, and the…
(Encyclopedia) Lively, Dame Penelope, 1933–, English novelist, b. Cairo, Egypt, moved to London at 12 when her parents divorced, grad. Oxford (1954). Her earliest books were children's novels—the…
(Encyclopedia) Lorentz, Hendrik AntoonLorentz, Hendrik Antoonhĕnˈdrək änˈtōn lōˈrĕnts [key], 1853–1928, Dutch physicist, a pioneer in formulating the relations between electricity, magnetism, and…
(Encyclopedia) National Road, U.S. highway built in the early 19th cent. At the time of its construction, the National Road was the most ambitious road-building project ever undertaken in the United…
(Encyclopedia) Collins, Michael, 1890–1922, Irish revolutionary leader. He spent the years from 1907 to 1916 in England, during which period he joined the Fenian movement. He took part in the Easter…
(Encyclopedia) dimension, in mathematics, number of parameters or coordinates required locally to describe points in a mathematical object (usually geometric in character). For example, the space we…
(Encyclopedia) Zuckerberg, Mark Elliot, 1984–, American computer programmer and business executive, b. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. A computer prodigy as a child, he entered Harvard in 2002 and two years later…
(Encyclopedia) BithyniaBithyniabĭthĭnˈēə [key], ancient country of NW Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey. The original inhabitants were Thracians who established themselves as independent and were…
