Biography Category
(j ´n s) (KEY) , Greek form of Hebrew Jonah. St. Peter’s father is called Jonas and Jona (KJV) and John (RSV)....
1763–1814, empress of the French (1804–9) as the consort of Napoleon I. Born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie in Martinique, she was marr...
(l ä´bwä j n´ th n) (KEY) , 1914–87, prime minister of Lesotho (1965–86). He founded (1959) and led the Basutoland National party working for ...
craft of assembling exposed woodwork in the interiors of buildings. Where carpentry refers to the rougher, simpler, and primarily structural elements ...
1604–56, king of Portugal (1640–56). He succeeded as duke of Braganza in 1630. Descended from Manuel I and in illegitimate line from John I, he ha...
(j r´´ spr d´ ns) (KEY) , study of the nature and the origin and development of law. It is variously regarded as a branch of ethics or of sociology...