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(g l) (KEY) , 1843–1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen. He made observations of the transits of Venus and Mars and investig...
1761–1807, English portrait and historical painter. Opie showed a remarkable talent as a young man. He became the protégé of the poet John Wolcot,...
(both: h r´ ks) (KEY) , 1618?–1641, English astronomer. He made the first observation of the transit of Venus. His Venus in sole visa, which narrat...
in religion, unethical act. The term implies disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is not used so often in syste...
(gw ´d r ´n ) (KEY) , 1575–1642, Italian painter and engraver, b. Bologna. As a child he entered the studio of the Flemish painter Denis Calvaert...
(zhäN bät st´ dr ´) (KEY) , 1686–1755, French animal painter. A pupil of Largillière, he became court painter to Louis XV, recording the kingâ...