(Encyclopedia) de Candolle, Augustin Pyramede Candolle, Augustin Pyramedə käNdōlˈ [key], 1778–1841, Swiss botanist. Considered the most important Swiss botanist of his era, de Candolle wrote on a…
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(Encyclopedia) Hooch or Hoogh, Pieter deHooch or Hoogh, Pieter deboth: pēˈtər də hōkh [key], b. c.1629, d. after 1677, Dutch genre painter. He worked in Delft, Leiden, and Amsterdam, painting…
(Encyclopedia) jubileejubileej&oomacr;ˈbĭlē [key], in the Bible, a year when alienated property and land were restored, slaves were manumitted, debts were forgiven, and a general sabbatical year…
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