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(Encyclopedia) Stone, Richard (Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone), 1913–91, British economist, grad. Cambridge, 1935. After working for the British government during World War II, he became (1945) the first director...

(Encyclopedia) Bury, Richard de: see Richard de Bury. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tauber, Richard touˈbər [key], 1891–1948, Austrian tenor. He made his debut (1913) in Chemnitz, Germany, as Tamino in Mozart's Magic Flute. Later he sang in opera and concert all over Europe and m...

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

(Encyclopedia) Beauchamp, Richard de: see Warwick, Richard de Beauchamp, earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Milnes, Richard Monckton: see Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Monckton Milnes, Richard: see Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Clare, Richard de: see Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Webster, Richard Everard: see Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount. ...

(Encyclopedia) Brome, Richard bro͞om, brōm [key], c.1590–1652, English dramatist. He was the friend, servant, and disciple of Ben Jonson. Primarily a writer of realistic satiric comedy, picturing the life and ma...