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(äth s´l änt ´ny päl m ´n th kä´str v läs´k ) (KEY) , 1655–1726, Spanish historical painter and writer on art, called the Spanish Va...
Ulug-Beg (both: ´l g b g) (KEY) , 1394–1449, Timurid ruler and astronomer. The grandson of Timur (or Tamerlane), he succeeded to the Timurid domai...
in Roman religion, ancient pastoral deity, protector of uncultivated lands. It was also said that he was the guardian of field boundaries, flocks, and...
1620–82, French astronomer, noted for having made the first accurate measurement of a degree of the earth’s meridian. The figures he established w...
1901–76, American astrophysicist, b. Florence, Colo. From 1926 to 1932 he was with the Lick Observatory in Calif. In 1932 he joined the faculty at H...
( d´värt m ngk) (KEY) , 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He studied in Oslo and under Bonnat in Paris and traveled in Europe. In t...