4 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Language > Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias
Terms from various encyclopedias and reference books.
Industry: Language
Add a new termContributors in Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias
Marion Crawford
Language; Encyclopedias
A novelist, born in Tuscany, of American origin, son of the succeeding; spent a good deal of his early years in India, and now lives partly in New York and partly in Italy; his works, which are ...
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Language; Encyclopedias
A Roman patrician, a friend and supporter of Marius; drove Sulla from Rome and recalled Marius from exile; participated in the murders which followed his recall, and after the death of Marius was ...
Marquis D'Argens
Language; Encyclopedias
Born at Aix; disinherited owing to his misconduct; turned author, and became a protégé of Frederick the Great, but lost caste with him too, and was deprived of his all once more (1704-1771).
Marie Corelli
Language; Encyclopedias
A novelist, a prolific authoress, and very popular; her first work "The Romance of Two Worlds," one of her latest "The Sorrows of Satan"; b. 1864.
Marquis Dangeau
Language; Encyclopedias
Author of "Memoirs" affecting the court of Louis XIV. and its manners (1638-1720).
Louise Colet
Language; Encyclopedias
A French literary lady, born at Aix; wrote numerous works for the young (1808-1876).
Sir Edward Coke
Language; Encyclopedias
Lord Chief-Justice of England, born at Milcham, Norfolk; being a learned lawyer, rose rapidly at the bar and in offices connected therewith; became Lord Chief-Justice in 1613; was deposed in 1617 for ...