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Ruysbroeck, John
(Encyclopedia) Ruysbroeck, John, Dutch Jan van RuusbroecRuysbroeck, John,yän vän roisˈbr&oomacr;k [key], 1293–1381, Roman Catholic mystic, b. Brabant (now in Belgium and the Netherlands). He was…orphism
(Encyclopedia) orphism, a short-lived movement in art founded in 1912 by Robert Delaunay, Frank Kupka, the Duchamp brothers, and Roger de la Fresnaye. Apollinaire coined the term orphism to describe…Wolfensohn, James David
(Encyclopedia) Wolfensohn, James David, 1933–2020, Australian-American investment banker and financial executive, b. Sydney. Wolfensohn worked for banking institutions in Australia, London, and New…Teagarden, Jack
(Encyclopedia) Teagarden, Jack (Weldon Leo Teagarden), 1905–64, American jazz trombonist and singer, b. Vernon, Tex. One of the earliest white bluesmen, he came from a jazz-playing family and was…Beham
(Encyclopedia) BehamBehambāˈhäm [key] or PehamPehampā– [key], name of two German Renaissance artists, brothers, who were both influenced by Dürer and later by Italian art. Hans Sebald Beham, 1500–…Mary, the mother of Jesus
(Encyclopedia) Mary, in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr., theotokos).…circus
(Encyclopedia) circus [Lat.,=ring, circle], historically, the arena associated with the horse and chariot races and athletic contests known in ancient Rome as the Circensian games. The Roman circus…George Vernon HANSEN, Congress, ID (1930)
HANSEN George Vernon , a Representative from Idaho; born in Tetonia, Teton County, Idaho, September 14, 1930; attended public schools; B.A., Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, 1956; did graduate work…Dulles, John Foster
(Encyclopedia) Dulles, John FosterDulles, John Fosterdŭlˈəs [key], 1888–1959, U.S. secretary of state (1953–59), b. Washington, D.C.; brother of Allen Dulles, grandson of John Watson Foster,…vaudeville
(Encyclopedia) vaudevillevaudevillevôdˈvĭl [key], originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. Similar…Trending
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