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(Encyclopedia) Enghien, Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d' lwē äNtwänˈ äNrēˈ də bo͝orbôNˈ-kôNdāˈ dük däNgyăNˈ [key], 1772–1804, French émigré; son of Louis Henri Joseph de Condé (se...

(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) Kent, Rockwell, 1882–1971, American painter, muralist, wood engraver, lithographer, book and magazine illustrator, and writer, b. Tarrytown, N.Y. Kent studied with William Merritt Chase and Robert H...

(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) 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. ...