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(Encyclopedia) Moro, Antonio môˈrō [key], c.1519–c.1575, Flemish portrait painter, known as Antonis Mor or Moor and as Sir Anthony More. He studied with Jan van Scorel. In 1547 he was a free master at Antwerp ...

(Encyclopedia) Zucchi, Antonio äntôˈnyō so͞okˈkē [key], 1726–95, Venetian painter. Robert and James Adam made Zucchi's acquaintance in Venice, traveled with him in Italy, and persuaded him (c.1766) to come ...

(Encyclopedia) Ávila Camacho, Manuel mänwĕlˈ äˈvēlä kämäˈchō [key], 1897–1955, president of Mexico (1940–46). As a young man, Ávila Camacho joined the revolutionary forces. Later he became brigadier...

(Encyclopedia) Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel ēgnäˈsyō mänwĕlˈ ältämēräˈnō [key], 1834–93, Mexican novelist and poet. Altamirano came from a poor family of indigenous descent, and after gaining his formal...

(Encyclopedia) Gutiérrez Nájera, Manuel mänwĕlˈ go͞otyārˈrās näˈhārä [key], 1859–95, Mexican poet and journalist. One of the precursors of modernismo, he founded the literary periodical Revista Azul. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gramsci, Antonio antônˈyô grämˈshē [key], 1891–1937, Italian political leader and theoretician. Originally a member of the Socialist party and a cofounder (1919) of the left-wing paper L'Ordin...

(Encyclopedia) Pando, José Manuel hōsāˈ mänwĕlˈ pänˈdō [key], 1848?–1917, Bolivian statesman, president of Bolivia (1899–1904). He earned military fame in the War of the Pacific, and in 1898 he joined ...

(Encyclopedia) Salandra, Antonio äntôˈnyō sälänˈdrä [key], 1853–1931, Italian premier (1914–16). He entered parliament as a moderate conservative (1886), held various cabinet posts from 1891 to 1910, and...

(Encyclopedia) Canal, Antonio: see Canaletto.

(Encyclopedia) Cabrera, Manuel Estrada: see Estrada Cabrera. ...