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(Encyclopedia) Daley, Richard Michael: see under Daley, Richard Joseph. ...

(Encyclopedia) Daley, William Michael: see under Daley, Richard Joseph. ...

(Encyclopedia) Égalité, Philippe: see Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'. ...

(Encyclopedia) Heli hēˈlī [key], in the New Testament, father of St. Joseph. ...

(Encyclopedia) Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs: see Rotblat, Sir Joseph. ...

(Encyclopedia) Joanna, in the New Testament. 1 Wife of Herod's steward Chuza. She was a follower of Jesus and was one who found the tomb empty. 2 Ancestor of St. Joseph. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum was designed by Gordon Bunshaft to house 6,000 pieces of the enormous art collection amassed by ...

(Encyclopedia) Roches, Peter des dā rōsh [key], d. 1238, English churchman and statesman, b. Poitou. A chamberlain under Richard I of England, then entered the service of King John, who gave him rich estates and m...

(Encyclopedia) Bryant, Kobe brīˈənt [key], 1978–2020, American basketball player, b. Philadelphia. The ...

(Encyclopedia) eunuch yo͞oˈnĭk [key] [Gr.,=keeper of the couch], castrated human male, particularly a chamberlain of a harem in Asia. The custom of employing eunuchs as servants in wealthy or royal households is ...