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Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count d'
(Encyclopedia) Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count d'Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count d'älfrĕdˈ gēyōmˈ gäbrēĕlˈ, dôrsāˈ [key], 1801–52, French dandy. The son of a Bonapartist general, he…Moses, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Moses, Robert, 1888–1981, U.S. public official, b. New Haven, Conn. He was appointed (1919) by Alfred E. Smith to the committee to study and revamp New York state government machinery…Berkshire
(Encyclopedia) BerkshireBerkshirebärkˈshĭr, –shər, bûrkˈ– [key] or BerksBerksbärks, bûrks [key], former county, S central England. Part of the ancient kingdom of Wessex and the birthplace of King…Hartley, Marsden
(Encyclopedia) Hartley, Marsden, 1877–1943, American painter widely considered the first great American modernist of the 20th cent., b. Lewiston, Maine. He was educated in Cleveland, but early in his…Henschke, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Henschke, Alfred: see Klabund.Cooper, Alfred Duff, 1st Viscount Norwich of Aldwick
(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Alfred Duff, 1st Viscount Norwich of AldwickCooper, Alfred Duff, 1st Viscount Norwich of Aldwickk&oomacr;ˈpər, k&oobreve;pˈər [key], 1890–1954, British statesman and…Ewing, Sir James Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Ewing, Sir James AlfredEwing, Sir James Alfredy&oomacr;ˈĭng [key], 1855–1935, Scottish engineer and physicist. As professor at Tokyo (1878–83), Dundee (1883–90), and Cambridge (…Brashear, John Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Brashear, John AlfredBrashear, John Alfredbrəshērˈ [key], 1840–1920, American maker of scientific instruments and educator, b. Brownsville, Pa. A mechanic by trade, he taught himself…Adler, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Adler, AlfredAdler, Alfredädˈlər [key], 1870–1937, Austrian psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology. Although one of Sigmund Freud's earlier associates, he…Basingstoke
(Encyclopedia) Basingstoke Basingstoke bāˈzĭngstōk [key], city, Hampshire, S central England, on the North Downs.…Trending
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