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(Encyclopedia) Robert Guiscard gēskärˈ [key], c.1015–1085, Norman conqueror of S Italy, a son of Tancred de Hauteville (see Normans). Robert joined (c.1046) his brothers in S Italy and fought with them to expel...

(Encyclopedia) Parsons, Robert: see Persons, Robert. ...

(Encyclopedia) Manning, Robert: see Mannyng, Robert. ...

(Encyclopedia) Robert Grosseteste: see Grosseteste, Robert. ...

(Encyclopedia) Robert, Hubert übârˈ rôbĕrˈ [key], 1733–1808, French painter and landscape architect. A follower of Piranesi and Pannini, Robert was known as a painter of idealized landscapes, fantastic ruins...

(Encyclopedia) Cartwright, Edmund, 1743–1823, English inventor and clergyman. He was the inventor of an imperfect power loom that, when finally patented (1785), became the parent of the modern loom. It was the fir...

(Encyclopedia) Carr, Robert: see Somerset, Robert Carr, earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dudley, Robert: see Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Devereux, Robert: see Essex, Robert Devereux, 2d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Robert Curthose: see Robert II, duke of Normandy. ...