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

(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) Collodi, Carlo lōrāntsēˈnē [key], 1826–90, Italian author. A prolific journalist, he also wrote didactic tales for children, the most famous of which is Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. First ...

(Encyclopedia) Rutledge, Ann, 1813?–1835, American historical figure, alleged fiancée of Abraham Lincoln. Her father kept the inn at New Salem, Ill., where Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. Ann's sudden death from...

(Encyclopedia) Schreiner, Olive shrīˈnər [key], pseud. Ralph Iron, 1855–1920, South African author and feminist, b. Wittebergen Reserve, Cape Colony. After several years as a governess, she went to England in 1...

(Encyclopedia) Tannhäuser tänˈhoizər [key], 13th cent., German minnesinger, whose adventurous wanderings became the subject of legend. Sixteen of his own lyrics are extant, including Buszlied (Song of Repentance...

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

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