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(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, Gabriel, seigneur de Lorges, comte de gäbrēĕlˈ sānyörˈ də lôrzh kôNt də môNgômərēˈ [key], c.1530–1574, French soldier. Captain of the Scottish guards of King Henry II of ...
(Encyclopedia) Tutu, Desmond
Mpilo,
1931–2021, South African religious leader, b. Klerksdorp, Univ. of
South Africa (1954); Kings College, Lo...
(Encyclopedia) Adam, Robert ădˈəm [key], 1728–92, and James Adam, 1730–94, Scottish architects, brothers. They designed important public and private buildings in England and Scotland and numerous interiors, p...
(Encyclopedia) Indiana, Robert ĭnˌdē-ănˈə [key], 1928–2018, American pop artist, b. New Castle, Ind., as Robert Clark. A leading figure in the pop art movement of the 1960s, he specialized in making signs in...
(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.
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(Encyclopedia) Manning, Robert: see Mannyng, Robert.
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(Encyclopedia) Robert Grosseteste: see Grosseteste, Robert.
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(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) Carr, Robert: see Somerset, Robert Carr, earl of.
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