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(n ) (KEY) , 1833–1907, German-American sculptor, b. Münster. After studying sculpture at Munich and Berlin, she traveled widely and executed busts...
(y n s ´khürths n) (KEY) , 1811–79, Icelandic statesman and historian. A student in Copenhagen from 1833, he developed an interest in Icelandic li...
(m kh y l´ d m ´tr v ch skô´b ly f) (KEY) , 1843–82, Russian general, one of the military commanders responsible for the Russian conquests in T...
1723–92, English portrait painter, b. Devonshire. Long considered historically the most important of England’s painters, by his learned example he...
name commonly used for a gastropod mollusk with a shell. Included in the thousands of species are terrestrial, freshwater, and marine forms. Some eat ...
small drum having a drumhead at either end. One head is struck with wooden drumsticks, and on the other are stretched several strings, called snares, ...