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Essex, Robert Devereux, 3d earl of
(Encyclopedia)Essex, Robert Devereux, 3d earl of, 1591–1646, English parliamentary general; son of Robert Devereux, 2d earl of Essex. James I restored him (1604) to the estates of his father and arranged his marr...Johnson, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Johnson, Robert, 1911–38, African-American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, b. Hazelhurst, Miss. A sharecropper's son, he grew up absorbing the music of Delta bluesmen, learning the harmonic...Henri, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Henri, Robert hĕnˈrī [key], 1865–1929, American painter and teacher, b. Cincinnati as Robert Henry Cozad. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1888 he went to Paris, where ...McCormick, Joseph Medill
(Encyclopedia)McCormick, Joseph Medill: see under McCormick, Robert Sanderson. ...Blair, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Blair, Robert, 1699–1746, English poet and clergyman. His literary reputation rests solely on his didactic, blank-verse poem on death, The Grave (1743). ...Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728, American colonist and statesman
(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728: see under Livingston, family. ...Livingston, Robert R., 1718–75, American statesman and jurist
(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R. 1718–75: see under Livingston, family. ...Livingston, Robert R., 1746–1813, American jurist, statesman, and diplomat
(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R. 1746–1813: see under Livingston, family. ...Lynd, Helen Merrell
(Encyclopedia)Lynd, Helen Merrell: see under Lynd, Robert Staughton. ...Chartres, Robert d'Orléans, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Chartres, Robert d'Orléans, duc de: see Orléans, family. ...Browse by Subject
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