(Encyclopedia) Madariaga, Salvador de (Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo)Madariaga, Salvador desälväᵺōrˈ dā mäᵺäryäˈgä ē rōˈhō [key], 1886–1978, Spanish author and diplomat. In 1922 Madariaga became head…
(Encyclopedia) Foix, Gaston deFoix, Gaston degästôNˈ də fwä [key], 1489–1512, duc de Nemours, French general in the Italian Wars; nephew of King Louis XII. As commander of the French army in Italy in…
(Encyclopedia) Herrera, Fernando deHerrera, Fernando defārnänˈdō ᵺā ārāˈrä [key], 1534–97, Spanish poet. One of the outstanding poets of the 16th cent. and the leader of the Seville school, he earned…
(Encyclopedia) Fénelon, François de Salignac de la MotheFénelon, François de Salignac de la MothefräNswäˈ də sälēnyäkˈ də lä môt fānəlôNˈ [key], 1651–1715, French theologian and writer, a leader of…
(Encyclopedia) Volney, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte deVolney, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte dekôNstäNtăNˈ fräNswäˈ də shäsböfˈ kôNt də vôlnāˈ [key], 1757–1820, French scholar.…
(Encyclopedia) Ensenada, Zenón de Somodevilla, marqués de laEnsenada, Zenón de Somodevilla, marqués de lathānōnˈ dā sōmōᵺāvēˈlyä märkāsˈ dā lä ānsānäˈᵺä [key], 1702–81, Spanish statesman. He was…
Thrice as Nice
Is there anything left for this man to do? Simply put, no conversation about the most amazing accomplishments in sports history is complete without a discussion of Lance Armstrong…
(Encyclopedia) De Wint, Peter, 1784–1849, English landscape painter. He was a leading watercolorist. Most of De Wint's landscapes are distinctly English in subject and treatment, Lincolnshire scenes…
