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1860–1942, English painter. After a brief career on the stage Sickert was apprenticed to Whistler and later worked with Degas. His preferred subject...
(sk ´n ) (KEY) or Scania (sk n´y , – ) (KEY) , historic province of extreme S Sweden, now included in Malmöhus co. Skåne, the scene of many ba...
(sk ) (KEY) , island (1991 pop. 8,868), 670 sq mi (1,735 sq km), largest and most northerly island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland, NW Scotland. It ha...
(g ly l´m d l´lä pôr´tä) (KEY) , d. 1577, Italian sculptor. His early works are in Genoa. In 1546 he went to Rome, where he was employed by Pop...
river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in Jasper National Park, W Alta., Canada, and flowing generally NE to the Peace River. It receives the Wapiti an...
1723–90, Scottish economist, educated at Glasgow and Oxford. He became professor of moral philosophy at the Univ. of Glasgow in 1752, and while teac...