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(Encyclopedia) Seignobos, Charles shärlˈ sānyōbōˈ [key], 1854–1942, French historian. He taught at the Univ. of Paris and wrote many works on French and European history and civilization, some being contribu...

(Encyclopedia) Hallé, Sir Charles hălˈē [key], 1819–95, German-English conductor and pianist, originally named Karl Halle. In 1857 he founded the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England He conducted many music...

(Encyclopedia) Nordhoff, Charles Bernard: see under Nordhoff, Charles. ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles Edward Stuart: see Stuart, Charles Edward. ...

(Encyclopedia) Coster, Charles de: see De Coster, Charles. ...

(Encyclopedia) Viana, Charles of: see Charles of Viana. ...

(Encyclopedia) Buhl, André Charles: see Boulle, André Charles. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gaulle, Charles de: see de Gaulle, Charles. ...

(Encyclopedia) White, Charles (Charles Wilbert White, Jr.), 1918–79, American figurative painter, printmaker, and teacher, b. Chicago, studied School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A left-leaning activist whose ...

(Encyclopedia) Juan Fernández hwän fārnänˈdās [key], group of small islands, S Pacific, c.400 mi (640 km) W of Valparaiso, Chile. They belong to Chile and are constitutionally a special territory; they are adm...