Added On....... 05-Jun-2008 POST Date of post | Most Viewed | Most Rated | Posted by | Biography    1 2 Next > Last >> Cagliostro, Alessandro, Conte di (äl s-sän´dr k n´t d käly ´str ) (KEY) , 1743–95, Italian adventurer, magician, and alchemist, whose real name was Giuseppe Balsamo. After early misadventures in Italy he traveled in Greece, Arabia... Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of 1930–, British photographer. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he married Princess Margaret in 1960 and was created earl the following year. The marriage ended in divorce in 1978. Although his reputatio... slipware pottery decorated with various colors of slip, a thin mixture of clay and water. Slip may form a design on a contrasting background, or lines may be scratched through a coating of slip to show the col... Potter, Paul 1625–54, Dutch animal and landscape painter and etcher. In The Hague he enjoyed the patronage of the prince of Nassau, for whom he painted the celebrated life-sized Young Bull (1647; Mauritshuis, The ... Siegfried (s g´fr d) (KEY) or Sigurd (s g´ rd) (KEY) , great folk hero of early and medieval Germanic mythology. His legend, important in several Germanic epics, recounts his killing of the dragon Fafnir, his ... Sjælland (sh ´län) (KEY) or Zealand (z ´l nd) (KEY) , Ger. Seeland, island (1992 pop. 1,976,882), 2,709 sq mi (7,016 sq km), E Denmark, between the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea. Denmark’s largest island, it is... Genelli, Bonaventura (b näv nt ´rä j n l´l ) (KEY) , 1798–1868, German painter and illustrator. He studied at the Berlin Academy and in Rome. Genelli painted mythological and biblical subjects, such as Triumph of Bacchus ... Carriera, Rosalba (r zäl´bä kär-r ´rä) (KEY) , 1675–1757, Italian portrait and miniature painter, one of the greatest of her day. At 24 she had achieved a reputation throughout Italy and abroad for her miniatures and ... Borenius, Tancred (täng´kr d bôr ´n s) (KEY) , 1885–1948, art historian and teacher, b. Finland. He became professor of the history of art at University College, London, in 1922. In 1933 he became director of the exca... Ada, city, United States ( ´ ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. The city is also noted for horsebreedi... Bergson, Henri (äNr ´ b rgsôN´) (KEY) , 1859–1941, French philosopher. He became a professor at the Collège de France in 1900, devoted some time to politics, and, after World War I, took an interest in international... Iwo Jima ( ´w j ´m , ´wô) (KEY) , Jap. Io-jima, volcanic island, c.8 sq mi (21 sq km), W Pacific, largest and most important of the Volcano Islands. Mt. Suribachi, 546 ft (166 m) high, on the south side of t... Jackson, Stonewall (Thomas Jonathan Jackson), 1824–63, Confederate general, b. Clarksburg, Va. (now W.Va.), grad. West Point, 1846. Like a Stone Wall He served with distinction under Winfield Scott in the Mexican War ... isomorphism ( ´´s môr´f z m) (KEY) , of minerals, similarity of crystal structure between two or more distinct substances. Sodium nitrate and calcium sulfate are isomorphous, as are the sulfates of barium, stront... Ishmael ( sh´m l) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 Son of Abraham and Hagar; ancestor of 12 tribes in N Arabia. Through Sara’s jealousy he and his mother were sent into the desert, where the angel o...    1 2 Next > Last >>