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( r´y l äk ´stä) (KEY) , or Uriel da Costa (dä k ´stä) (KEY) , c.1585–1640, Jewish rationalist, b. Oporto, Portugal. His original name was Ga...
(fränts kärl äkh´ärt) (KEY) , 1753–1821, German chemist. He made pioneer use of the discovery by his countryman Andreas Marggraf of sugar in be...
1735–1805, English neoclassical sculptor, studied at the Royal Academy. A traveling scholarship enabled him to study in Rome from 1772 to 1779. In 1...
( k ´ ) (KEY) , region of ancient Greece, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth. It lay between Sicyon and Elis. There the ...
(jôr´j väzä´r ) (KEY) , 1511–74, Italian architect, writer, and painter. He is best known for his entertaining biographies of artists, Vite de...
1736?–1811, Neapolitan statesman of British origin, b. Besançon, France. Called upon by Queen Marie Caroline and King Ferdinand IV of Naples (later...