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Friedrich Accum
Language; Encyclopedias
A German chemist, the first promoter of gas-lighting (1769-1838).
Accolade
Language; Encyclopedias
A gentle blow with a sword on the shoulder in conferring knighthood.
Alcuin
Language; Encyclopedias
A learned Englishman, a disciple of Bede; invited by Charlemagne to introduce scholarly culture into the empire and establish libraries and schools of learning; was one of those men whose work lies ...
Edwin Abbott
Language; Encyclopedias
A learned Broad Church theologian and man of letters; wrote, besides other works, a volume of sermons "Through Nature to Christ"; esteemed insistence on miracles injurious to faith; b. 1838.
Rudolphus Agricola
Language; Encyclopedias
A learned and accomplished Dutchman, much esteemed by Erasmus, and much in advance of his time; his most important work, "Dialectics," being an attack on the scholastic system (1442-1485).
Andrea Ammonio
Language; Encyclopedias
A Latin poet born in Lucca, held in high esteem by Erasmus; sent to England by the Pope, he became Latin secretary to Henry and a prebendary of Salisbury; d. 1517.
Michael Alford
Language; Encyclopedias
A learned English Jesuit, left two great works, "Britannia Illustrata" and "Annales Ecclesiastici et Civiles Britannorum."
