Biography Category
117 acres (47 hectares), central Ky., near Hodgenville; est. 1916. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in this area on Feb. 12, 1809. The exact lo...
U.S. scandal resulting from an investigation begun in 1978 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI created a front (Abdul Enterprises, Ltd., h...
c.1460–c.1523, Jewish philosopher, physician, and poet, son of Isaac Abravanel, b. Lisbon; he is also known as Leone Ebreo. He fled (1483) from Port...
(brämänt ´n ) (KEY) , c.1465–c.1535, Lombard painter and architect. His real name was Bartolomeo Suardi. He took the name of his master Bramante,...
(zhäk l m rsy ´) (KEY) , c.1585–1654, French architect, one of the group that evolved a classical mode of expression for French architecture. In I...
(py ´j n) (KEY) , 1762–1832, English writer on medieval architecture, b. France. His writings and drawings furnished a mass of working material for...