(Encyclopedia) Arnold of BresciaArnold of Bresciabrĕshˈə [key], c.1090–1155, Italian monk and reformer, b. Brescia. A priest of irreproachable life, Arnold studied at Paris, where according to…
(Encyclopedia) art history, the study of works of art and architecture. In the mid-19th cent., art history was raised to the status of an academic discipline by the Swiss Jacob Burckhardt, who…
(Encyclopedia) mendeleviummendeleviummĕndəlāvˈēəm [key], artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Md; at. no. 101; mass no. of most stable isotope 258; m.p. 827℃; b.p. and sp. gr.…
(Encyclopedia) biology, the science that deals with living things. It is broadly divided into zoology, the study of animal life, and botany, the study of plant life. Subdivisions of each of these…
(Encyclopedia) Alamein, ElAlamein, Elĕl ăləmānˈ, älə– [key] or Al AlamaynAl Alamaynäl älămānˈ [key], town, N Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It was the site of a decisive British victory in World…
(Encyclopedia) Aosta, Valle d'
Aosta, Valle d'
väldäôˈstä
[key], region, 1,260 sq mi (3,263 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on
Switzerland in the…
(Encyclopedia) Ward, William George, 1812–82, English Roman Catholic apologist, educated at Oxford. He became (1834) a fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and was ordained in the Church of England. At…
(Encyclopedia) Tura, Cosmé or CosimoTura, Cosmé or Cosimokōzmāˈ t&oomacr;ˈrä, kôˈzēmō [key], c.1430–1495, Italian Renaissance artist. He was a leading master of the school of Ferrara and court…
(Encyclopedia) Ricci, MatteoRicci, Matteomät-tāˈō rētˈchē [key], 1552–1610, Italian missionary to China. He entered the Society of Jesus, and in Rome he studied under Clavius. Ricci was sent to the…
(Encyclopedia) GimbelGimbelgĭmˈbəl [key], family of American merchants and philanthropists. Adam Gimbel, 1815–96, b. Bavaria, emigrated (1835) to the United States and traveled up and down the…
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