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(Encyclopedia) Schongauer, Martin märˈtēn shōnˈgou-ər [key], 1430–91, German engraver and painter, son of a goldsmith of Colmar, Alsace. Schongauer's only certain painting is Madonna of the Rose Arbor (1473;...

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Luther, c.1748–1826, American lawyer and political leader, b. New Brunswick, N.J. He practiced law in Maryland and became the first attorney general of the state, holding office from 1778 to...

(Encyclopedia) Martin de Porres: see Porres, Saint Martin de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Andersen Nexø, Martin: see Nexø, Martin Andersen. ...

(Encyclopedia) Conway, Sir Martin: see Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Provensen, Martin: see Provensen, Alice. ...

(Encyclopedia) Behaim, Behem, or Boeheim, Martin all: bāˈhīm [key], b. 1436? or 1459?, d. 1506?, German traveler and cosmographer. He studied (possibly under Regiomontanus) astronomy, navigation, and mathematics....

(Encyclopedia) Saint Martin's, England: see Scilly Islands. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Martin săN märtăNˈ [key], Du. Sint Maarten, island, 37 sq mi (96 sq km), West Indies, one of the Leeward Islands. Since its occupation in 1648 by the Dutch and the French, it has been divide...

(Encyclopedia) Scorsese, Martin skôrsāˈzē, –sĕzˈē [key], 1942–, American film director; b...