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(Encyclopedia) De Langlade, Charles Michel: see Langlade. ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles I, Frankish king: see Charlemagne. ...

(Encyclopedia) La Condamine, Charles Marie de shärl märēˈ də lä kôNdämēnˈ [key], 1701–74, French traveler and mathematical geographer. He was one of a group sent to Peru in 1735 to measure the length of ...

(Encyclopedia) Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph shärl zhôzĕfˈ trävyĕsˈ də vēlĕrˈ [key], 1804–59, French caricaturist and painter, b. Switzerland. He founded and was a prolific contributor to the popu...

(Encyclopedia) Durand, Charles Auguste Émile: see Carolus-Duran. ...

(Encyclopedia) Brooke, Sir Charles Vyner: see Brooke, Sir James. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles: see Phoenix Park murders. ...

(Encyclopedia) Koch, Charles de Ganahl: see under Koch, family. ...

(Encyclopedia) Barry, Sir Charles, 1795–1860, English architect. A leader in the revival of the Renaissance style of architecture in England (also called Anglo-Italian), he designed the Travellers Club and the Ref...

(Encyclopedia) Benchley, Robert Charles, 1889–1945, American humorist, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1912. He was drama critic of Life (1920–29) and of the New Yorker (1929–40). Benchley was known for a ...