Biography Category
(b nör´) (KEY) , 1822–99, French painter of animals. She was a pupil of her father, Raymond Bonheur. Her paintings were regularly exhibited in the...
( b ´d s) (KEY) , ancient city of Egypt, c.50 mi (80 km) NW of Thebes. Associated in religion with Osiris, Abydos became the most venerated place in ...
system under which a person (or a corporation) controls and derives income from land in a region where he does not reside. Abuses existed in absenteei...
(Johann Adam Bernhard von Bartsch) (ä´däm f n bärch) (KEY) , 1757–1821, Austrian engraver, etcher, and writer. His critical catalogue, Le Peintr...
( b´´r k d b´r ) (KEY) , magical formula used by the Gnostics (see Gnosticism) to invoke the aid of benevolent spirits to ward off disease and affl...
1781–1855, American architect of the classic revival period, b. Charleston, S.C. From 1800 to 1820 he worked as an architect in Washington, Philadel...