Biography Category
c.863–927, ruler (893–927) and later first czar of Bulgaria. He was placed on the throne by his father, Boris I, who had returned from a monastery...
1894–1982, English painter; son of Sir William Nicholson. Nicholson’s geometric abstractions of landscapes and still lifes are discreetly colored ...
(j vän´n äntô´ny d p rd nô´n ) (KEY) , c.1484–1539, Venetian painter. His real name was Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis. He studied in Venice ...
(fräns ´m l s l´länp ´´) (KEY) , 1888–1964, Finnish novelist. As a young man Sillanpää studied natural science at Helsinki and came under t...
(s r´ s) (KEY) , or Dog Star, brightest star in the sky. It is located in the constellation Canis Major (1992 position R.A. 6h44.8m, Dec. -16°42´)...
(s vän´) (KEY) , in the Jewish calendar, the third month (or ninth month, depending upon the system of reckoning). Esther 8.9; Baruch 1.8....