Biography Category
(ä´b lfä´z l, ´b lf z´ l) (KEY) , 1551–1602, minister of state and adviser to Akbar, Mughal emperor of India. His most renowned Persian text ...
in the Bible, relative of Saul and commander in chief of his army. Jealousy and revenge probably caused his death at Joab’s hands....
official organizations of established artists. Lorenzo de’ Medici’s informal circle of great artists and thinkers was modeled on similar groups fo...
the representation of a usually fictional character on stage or in films. At its highest levels of accomplishment acting involves the employment of te...
( ´´s ´´ ´, s) (KEY) or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor ( n´´j t n´s n) (KEY) , drug used to reduce elevated blood pressure (see hy...
(äd lf´ shärl´ ädäN´) (KEY) , 1803–56, French composer of the popular song Cantique de Noël. He composed more than 50 stage works, including...