Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) Ricci, Matteo mät-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 Indies (1578), and h...

(Encyclopedia) Louis II or Louis the Stammerer, 846–79, French king. He succeeded (877) his father, Emperor of the West Charles II, as king. On Louis's death his kingdom was divided between his sons Carloman and L...

(Encyclopedia) Kemuel kēmyo͞oˈĕl [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Aram. 2 Ephraimite prince. 3 Levite prince. ...

(Encyclopedia) Oded ōˈdĕd [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of the prophet Azariah. 2 Prophet who interceded for captive Judahites. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hashabniah hăshˌăbnīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of a repairer of the wall of Jerusalem. 2 Signer of the covenant. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sacar sāˈkər [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Ahiam. An alternate form is Sharar. 2 Son of Obed-edom. ...

(Encyclopedia) Eliphaz ĕlˈĭfăz, ēlīˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Esau and father of Teman. 2 Temanite, a comforter of Job. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mary II, 1662–94, queen of England, wife of William III. The daughter of James II by his first wife, Anne Hyde, she was brought up a Protestant despite her father's adoption of Roman Catholicism. In...

(Encyclopedia) Mohammed, W. Deen (Warith Deen Mohammed), 1933–2008, American Muslim leader, b. Detroit as Wallace Dean Muhammad. The son of Nation of Islam (Black Muslim) leader Elijah Muhammad, he attended religi...

(Encyclopedia) Remington, Eliphalet ĭlĭfˈəlĭt [key], 1793–1861, American inventor, gunsmith, and arms manufacturer, b. Suffield, Conn. Trained in blacksmithing, he turned to gunsmithing at an early age. With ...