Biography Category
(j ´m s n) (KEY) , 1794–1860, English essayist, b. Dublin. The diary of her travels on the Continent as governess to a wealthy family was later pub...
1512–42, king of Scotland (1513–42), son and successor of James IV. His mother, Margaret Tudor, held the regency until her marriage in 1514 to Arc...
1545–78, Spanish admiral and general; illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He was acknowledged in his father’s will and was recognize...
c.1509–1536, Dutch Anabaptist leader. His original name was Beuckelszoon, Beuckelzoon, Bockelszoon, Bockelson, Beukels, or Buckholdt. John of Leiden...
(John Comnenus) (k mn ´n s) (KEY) , 1088–1143, Byzantine emperor (1118–43), son and successor of Alexius I. He was crowned despite the intrigues ...
1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojty a; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected ...