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Joseph, king of Portugal
(Encyclopedia) Joseph, 1714–77, king of Portugal (1750–77), son and successor of John V. Little inclined to rule, his reign was dominated by his minister, the marquês de Pombal. After Lisbon was…Prut
(Encyclopedia) Prut or PruthPruthboth: pr&oomacr;t [key], river, c.530 mi (850 km) long, rising in the Carpathian Mts., W Ukraine, and flowing generally SE to the Danube River at Reni. It forms…Oliver, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Oliver or Olivier, IsaacOliver or Olivier, Isaacōlĭvˈēər [key], 1556?–1617, English miniature painter. Oliver was a worthy follower of Hilliard as miniature painter to Elizabeth's…Falconet, Étienne Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Falconet, Étienne MauriceFalconet, Étienne Mauriceātyĕnˈ môrēsˈ fälkōnāˈ [key], 1716–91, French sculptor; pupil of Lemoyne. Under Louis XV he became director of sculpture at the Sèvres…Wilson, Pete
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Pete (Peter Barton Wilson), 1933–, American politician, b. Lake Forest, Ill. A lawyer and moderate Republican, he began his career in local politics. He was a campaign aide in…bone china
(Encyclopedia) bone china, variety of porcelain developed by English potters in the last half of the 18th and early 19th cent. The clay is tempered with phosphate of lime or bone ash. This innovation…Stenbock, Count Magnus
(Encyclopedia) Stenbock, Count MagnusStenbock, Count Magnusmängˈnəs stānˈbôk [key], 1665–1717, Swedish field marshal. One of the ablest lieutenants of Charles XII in the Northern War, he helped…Wolverhampton
(Encyclopedia) WolverhamptonWolverhamptonw&oobreve;lˈvərhămpˌtən [key], city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 263,501), W central England, in the Black Country. Wolverhampton is highly…Murdock, George Peter
(Encyclopedia) Murdock, George Peter, 1897–1985, American anthropologist, b. Meriden, Conn., grad. Yale (B.A., 1919; Ph.D., 1925). He taught at Yale and later at the Univ. of Pittsburgh, becoming…Mansfield, Sir Peter
(Encyclopedia) Mansfield, Sir Peter, 1933–2017, British physicist, Ph.D. Queen Mary College, London, 1962. He was a professor at the Univ. of Nottingham from 1964 to 1994. In 2003 Mansfield shared…Trending
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