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Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

(Encyclopedia) Craik, Dinah Maria MulockCraik, Dinah Maria Mulockkrāk [key], 1826–87, English author. She is best known for the moralistic novel John Halifax, Gentleman (1856) and for the children's…

Gringore, Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Gringore, PierreGringore, Pierrepyĕr grăNgôrˈ [key], c.1475–c.1539, French dramatist and poet. He produced ceremonial pageants and mystery plays and wrote the Jeu du prince des sots (…

Helps, Sir Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Helps, Sir Arthur, 1813–75, English historian and author. His works include Friends in Council (3 series, 1847–59), dialogues on social and intellectual subjects; The Spanish Conquest…

Edgehill

(Encyclopedia) Edgehill or Edge Hill, ridge on the border of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, central England, NW of Banbury. A tower built in 1760 marks the scene of the first great battle of the…

Brock, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Brock, Sir Thomas, 1847–1922, English sculptor. One of the leading sculptors under the reign of Victoria, he enjoyed a long and successful career. He became an Academician in 1891 and…

Caernarvon

(Encyclopedia) Caernarvon Caernarvon kərnärˈvən, kär– [key], Welsh Caernarfon, town, Gwynedd, NW Wales, on…

Cetinje

(Encyclopedia) Cetinje Cetinje tsĕˈtĭnyĕ [key], town, S Montenegro. It grew around a monastery founded in 1485 and…