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(fränth s´k päch ´k ) (KEY) , c.1564–1654, Spanish portrait and religious painter. Although fine examples of his work are in the galleries of M...
1868–1938, American astronomer, b. Chicago, grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1890. He founded and directed three great observatories (Ye...
(änt ´ny mô´r ) (KEY) , c.1519–c.1575, Flemish portrait painter, known as Antonis Mor or Moor and as Sir Anthony More. He studied with Jan van ...
(mät-t ´ä pr ´t ) (KEY) , 1613–99, Italian baroque painter, called Il Calabrese for his birthplace. Preti went to Rome c.1630 and studied with L...
Cintra (both: s n´tr ) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 20,750), Lisboa dist., W Portugal, in Estremadura. The region has orange groves and vineyards as well ...
(sh p´l ) (KEY) , 1885–1972, American astronomer, b. Nashville, Mo., grad. Univ. of Missouri, 1910, Ph.D. Princeton, 1913. He was astronomer at Mt....