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(zhôrzh lw l kl rk´ kôNt d büfôN´) (KEY) , 1707–88, French naturalist and author. From 1739 he was keeper of the Jardin du Roi (later the Ja...
1889–1946, English painter and wood engraver. He studied at the Slade School of Art, London. Nash worked at the front as official artist in both Wor...
1889–1953, American astronomer, b. Marshfield, Mo. He did research (1914–17) at Yerkes Observatory, and joined (1919) the staff of Mt. Wilson Obse...
(j r ´läm m tsyä´n ) (KEY) , c.1528–1592, Italian mannerist painter, also known as Girolamo Bressano. His large painting, The Resurrection of L...
1883–1933, American art historian. Interested primarily in medieval and ancient art, Porter revolutionized the understanding of the chronology and d...
town (1991 pop. 15,539), S Ont., Canada, on the Lynn River SW of Hamilton. It is a market center for a region producing fruit, vegetables, and tobacco...