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Xerxes the Great
The Persian king who nearly conquered Greece This carving on Xerxes' tomb depicts soldiers from the many nations of the Achaemenid Empire.The first of many Persian empires was the Achaemenid Empire.…Suttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau von
(Encyclopedia) Suttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau vonSuttner, Bertha (Gräfin Kinsky), Freifrau vonbĕrˈtä, grāfˈĭn kĭnsˈkē, frīˈfrou fən z&oobreve;tˈnər [key], 1843–1914, Austrian novelist…Gaul, Alfred Robert
(Encyclopedia) Gaul, Alfred RobertGaul, Alfred Robertgôl [key], 1837–1913, English composer. He wrote numerous cantatas, of which The Holy City (1882) is most famous.Du Pont, Pierre Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Du Pont, Pierre Samuel, 1870–1954, American industrialist, b. Wilmington, Del., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1890. Du Pont worked as a chemist with the family's company…The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
1830-1868 Abstract To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those poems written and published…Kazin, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Kazin, AlfredKazin, Alfredkāˈzĭn [key], 1915–98, American critic, b. New York City, grad. College of the City of New York (B.S., 1935) and Columbia (M.A., 1938). Kazin was one of the…Duff Cooper, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Duff Cooper, Alfred: see Cooper, Alfred Duff.Tarski, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Tarski, AlfredTarski, Alfredtärˈskē [key], 1901–83, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher, Ph.D. Univ. of Warsaw, 1924, b. Alfred Teitelbaum, changed his named 1923. He…Pecos National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia) Pecos National Historical Park, 6,671 acres (2,702 hectares), N New Mexico; est. as a national monument 1965, designated a national historical park 1990. The park contains the remains…Trending
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