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(zhäN-märk näty ´) (KEY) , 1685–1766, French painter; son of the painter Marc Nattier and the miniaturist Marie Courtois. His early works includ...
utilitarian objects and works of art created from silver. Silverwork includes ecclesiastical and domestic plate, flatware, jewelry, buttons, buckles, ...
(y hä´n s g ´ôrk hä´g n) (KEY) , 1847–1930, American astronomer and mathematician, b. Austria. A Jesuit, he came in 1880 to the United States ...
( ntô´ny zh z ´ dä s l´v ) (KEY) , 1705–39, Portuguese playwright, b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He belonged to a family of “New Christians” ...
(g ´ôrk z m´ l) (KEY) , 1858–1918, German philosopher and sociologist. At the universities of Berlin and Strasbourg he was an influential lecture...
( l s´s äldr vän´d ) (KEY) , 1522–1605, Italian naturalist, professor at the Univ. of Bologna. He instigated the establishment (1567) of the Bo...