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Molitor, Paul Leo

(Encyclopedia)Molitor, Paul Leo, 1956–, American baseball player, b. St. Paul, Minn. Drafted (1977) by the Milwaukee Brewers, he was called up to the majors in 1978 and became the American League's Rookie of the ...

Lightfoot, Joseph Barber

(Encyclopedia)Lightfoot, Joseph Barber, 1828–89, English prelate and scholar. A fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became Hulsean professor of divinity (1861) and Lady Margaret professor (1875). In 1871 he ...

Lazarsfeld, Paul F.

(Encyclopedia)Lazarsfeld, Paul F. läˈzərsfĕltˌ [key], 1901–76, American sociologist, b. Vienna. After beginning as a mathematician, he established a research center for social psychology. Emigrating to the U...

Kondouriotis, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Kondouriotis, Paul kôndo͞oryôˈtĭs [key], 1857–1935, Greek admiral and statesman. He became a national hero through his victories over the Turkish fleet in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and in t...

Luke, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Luke, Saint [Gr. Lucas], traditional author of the third Gospel (see Luke, Gospel according to Saint) and of its sequel, the Acts of the Apostles. Paul's letter to the Colossians identifies him as “...

Kane, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Kane, Paul, 1810–71, Canadian painter, b. Ireland. Kane went to Toronto as a child. He studied art in the United States (1836–41) and in Europe (1841–45). After his return to Canada (1845) he ma...

South Saint Paul

(Encyclopedia)South Saint Paul, city (1990 pop. 20,197), Dakota co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1887. It was long known for its large stockyards and meatpacking industries. The f...

Starrett, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Starrett, Paul stărˈĭt [key], 1866–1957, American builder, b. Lawrence, Kans. After serving (1903–22) as president of the George A. Fuller Company in Chicago, he opened and headed the construct...

Julius

(Encyclopedia)Julius, in the New Testament, centurion in whose charge Paul was sent to Rome.

Migne, Jacques Paul

(Encyclopedia)Migne, Jacques Paul zhäk pôl mēˈnyə [key], 1800–1875, French publisher of theological works, a Roman Catholic priest (ordained 1824). He set up a printing press in Paris and printed many religi...
 

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