Biography Category
(b r´närt vän ôr´l ) (KEY) , or Barend van Orley (bä´r nt) (KEY) , c.1491–1542, Flemish painter. In 1515 he was settled in Brussels, where he...
(n kôlä´) (KEY) , 1594–1665, French painter, b. Les Andelys. Poussin was considered the greatest of living painters by his contemporaries. Althou...
(sm th) (KEY) , 1858–1944, English composer, studied at the Leipzig Conservatory. Besides her many songs and chamber music she wrote operas, includi...
(s k hôr´) (KEY) , island (133 sq mi/344 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, the Philippines, just off the southeast coast of Negros. Fishing is its...
(übâr´ rôb r´) (KEY) , 1733–1808, French painter and landscape architect. A follower of Piranesi and Pannini, Robert was known as a painter of ...
(sy ´ rd) (KEY) , d. 1055, earl of Northumbria. A Danish warrior, he probably came to England with King Canute. At the behest of King Harthacanute in...