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(Encyclopedia) Lyttelton, Sir Thomas: see Littleton, Sir Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sherley, Sir Anthony: see Shirley, Sir Anthony. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sydney, Sir Philip: see Sidney, Sir Philip. ...

(Encyclopedia) Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas: see Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Urchard, Sir Thomas: see Urquhart, Sir Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Vandyke, Sir Anthony: see Van Dyck, Sir Anthony. ...

(Encyclopedia) Pathé, Charles păthāˈ, Fr. shärl pätāˈ [key], 1873–1957, French photographer. He was the first to present (c.1909) the newsreel as a regular attraction at a theater in Paris. In 1910 he intr...

(Encyclopedia) Charles, Thomas, 1755–1814, Welsh nonconformist clergyman. He was brought up under Methodist influence, attended Oxford (1775–78), and was ordained in the Church of England. He held curacies in So...

(Encyclopedia) Whittingham, Charles hwĭtˈĭnjəm, –ĭng-əm [key], 1767–1840, English printer. He established a printery in London in 1789, removing to Chiswick and founding the Chiswick Press in 1810. He was ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles, Ray (Ray Charles Robinson), 1930–2004, African-American musician and composer, b. Albany, Ga. Blinded at age seven, he was raised in Florida and at 16 began singing in a local hillbilly gro...