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Ostrom, Elinor Awan
(Encyclopedia)Ostrom, Elinor Awan, 1933–2012, American political economist, b. Los Angeles, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1965. She was on the faculty of the Univ. of Indiana, Bloomington, from 1965 unt...Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte-
(Encyclopedia)Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte- frēˈdrĭkh hīnˈrĭkh kärl bärōnˈ də lä môt-fo͞okāˈ [key], 1777–1843, German poet and novelist. He wrote many chivalric romances, ta...Jerez de la Frontera
(Encyclopedia)Jerez de la Frontera hārāth dā lä frōntāˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 186,812), Cádiz prov., SW Spain, in Andalusia. Jerez is an important commercial center noted for its sherry and brandy. Its ...Bicocca, La
(Encyclopedia)Bicocca, La lä bēkôkˈkä [key], former village, Lombardy, N Italy, now part of Milan. There, in 1522, the vicomte de Lautrec, commanding a French army and Swiss mercenaries, was defeated by a comb...La Halle, Adam de
(Encyclopedia)La Halle, Adam de: see Adam de la Halle. ...La Huerta, Adolfo de
(Encyclopedia)La Huerta, Adolfo de: see Huerta, Adolfo de la. ...La Hyre, Laurent de
(Encyclopedia)La Hyre, Laurent de: see La Hire, Laurent de. ...La Cruz, Ramón de
(Encyclopedia)La Cruz, Ramón de: see Cruz, Ramón de la. ...Noue, François de La
(Encyclopedia)Noue, François de La: see La Noue, François de. ...Tonti, Henri de
(Encyclopedia)Tonti or Tonty, Henri de both: äNrēˈ də tôNtēˈ [key], c.1650–1704, French explorer in North America, b. Italy. Serving in the French army, he lost a hand in battle; his skillful use of the ap...Browse by Subject
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