Vald�s, Alfonso De
Vald�s may have studied at the University of Alcal� before joining the court of the emperor Charles V as a secretary and official Latinist. Vald�s held important positions at the Diet of Worms, where he worked
Chelsea Porcelain
Soft-paste porcelain made at a factory in Chelsea, London, established in 1743 by Charles Gouyn and Nicolas Sprimont, the latter a silversmith. By the 1750s the sole manager was Sprimont, from whose genius stemmed Chelsea's greatest achievements. In 1769 the factory was sold to James Cox; and he sold it a year later to William Duesbury of Derby, Derbyshire, who maintained it until 1784, producing
Deville, �douard Gaston (daniel)
Deville served in the French navy, conducting hydrographic surveys in the South Sea islands, Peru, and elsewhere until 1874. He then went to Canada, where he
Deville, �douard Gaston (daniel)
Deville served in the French navy, conducting hydrographic surveys in the South Sea islands, Peru, and elsewhere until 1874. He then went to Canada, where he
Curtea De Arges
Town, Arges judet (county), south central Romania. It is on the Arges River, at an elevation of 1,480 ft (450 m), on the southern slopes of the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians), about 80 mi (130 km) northwest of Bucharest. Curtea de Arges succeeded C�mpulung as capital of feudal Walachia. Outstanding architectural monuments include the St. Nicholas church, one of the oldest churches in
Jacobi, Sir Derek
Born into a nontheatrical family - his father was a London department store manager, his mother a secretary - Jacobi first developed a taste for performing while attending the all-male Leyton County High School. Earning a
Osler, Sir William, Baronet
Canadian physician and professor of medicine who practiced and taught in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain and whose book The Principles and Practice of Medicine (1892) was a leading textbook. Osler played a key role in transforming the organization and curriculum of medical education, emphasizing
Conemaugh Series
The Conemaugh Series overlies rocks of the Allegheny
English Literature, Theatres in London and the provinces
So the London theatres were a meeting ground of humanism and popular taste. They inherited, on the one hand, a tradition of humanistic drama current at court, the universities, and the Inns of Court (collegiate institutions responsible for legal education). This tradition involved the revival of classical plays and attempts to adapt Latin conventions to English,
Heisman, John
In full �John William Heisman� U.S. collegiate gridiron football coach for 36 years and one of the greatest innovators of the game. He was responsible for legalizing the forward pass in 1906, and he originated the centre snap and the �hike,� or �hep,� count signals shouted by the quarterback in starting play. He was also the first coach to use the hidden ball play
Elgin Marbles
Collection of ancient Greek sculptures and architectural details in the British Museum, London. The objects were removed from the Parthenon at Athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to England by arrangement of Thomas Bruce, 7th Lord Elgin, who was British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1799 - 1803). The removal created a storm of controversy in England that
