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(Encyclopedia) Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount: see Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Lennox, 1886–1958, Irish dramatist. From 1910 to 1923 he was manager of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and he served as director there from 1923 until his death. The comedy The White Headed ...

(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Henry Crabb, 1775–1867, English diarist, journalist, and lawyer. He practiced law occasionally and served (1808–9) as war correspondent for the London Times. His voluminous correspondenc...

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Agnes (Agnes Bernice Martin), 1912–2004, American painter, b. Macklin, Canada. She moved to the United States in 1931, began painting in 1942,...

(Encyclopedia) Martín, Esteban ĕstāˈbän märtēnˈ [key], fl. 1539, printer in Mexico. Martín is reputed to have preceded Juan Pablos. There is evidence that he printed Escala espiritual para llegar al cielo, ...

(Encyclopedia) Kemnitz, Martin: see Chemnitz, Martin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Boeheim, Martin: see Behaim, Martin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Butzer, Martin: see Bucer, Martin.

(Encyclopedia) Behem, Martin: see Behaim, Martin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Montagu, Elizabeth (Robinson), 1720–1800, English author, one of the bluestockings. She was noted for her wit and beauty, and her London literary salon was frequented by Johnson, Walpole, Burke, and...