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(Encyclopedia) Philip, Prince: see Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mountbatten, Philip: see Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Randolph, Thomas, 1605–35, English poet and dramatist. After graduating from Cambridge in 1632, he went to London where he became a disciple of Ben Jonson. His best-known poems are “A Gratulatory ...

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Arabian: see Philip, Roman emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Fair: see Philip IV, king of France. ...

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Tall: see Philip V, king of France. ...

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Handsome: see Philip I, Spanish king of Castile. ...

(Encyclopedia) Murray or Moray, Thomas Randolph, 1st earl of both: mûrˈē [key], d. 1332, Scottish nobleman; nephew of Robert I. He joined Robert's revolt against Edward I of England in 1306 but was captured at th...

(Encyclopedia) Amadas or Amidas, Philip both: ămˈədăs [key], 1550–1618, English navigator. With Arthur Barlowe he was sent by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 to explore the North American coast. Their favorable rep...

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Good, 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy (1419–67); son of Duke John the Fearless. After his father was murdered (1419) at a meeting with the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France), Philip...