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(Encyclopedia) Monk, Thelonius (Thelonius Sphere Monk), 1917–82, American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, b. Rocky Mount, N.C. Monk is considered one of the most important, and eccentric, figures in modern j...

(Encyclopedia) functionalism, in art and architecture, an aesthetic doctrine developed in the early 20th cent. out of Louis Henry Sullivan's aphorism that form ever follows function. Functionalist architects and art...

(Encyclopedia) Fabritius, Carel bärˈənt [key], 1624–73, worked in a similar though less accomplished manner, influenced by Maes as well as Rembrandt. Barent's portrait of the Van der Helm family (1655) is in th...

(Encyclopedia) Van Doren, Carl (Clinton), 1885–1950, American editor and author, b. Hope, Vermilion co., Ill., grad. Univ. of Illinois, 1907, Ph.D. Columbia, 1911; brother of Mark Van Doren. He lectured at Columbi...

(Encyclopedia) Usher, James: see Ussher, James.

(Encyclopedia) Burnett, James: see Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord. ...

(Encyclopedia) Craig, James: see Craigavon, James Craig, 1st Viscount. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stanley, James: see Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dalrymple, James: see Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, James: see Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of. ...