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51Ghulam Farid Sabri — Haji Ghulam Farid Sabri (1930 April 5, 1994) was a major Qawwali singer, and a leading member of the Sabri Brothers, a leading qawwali group. He was born in Kalyana, a village in the district of Rohtak in East Punjab, British India in 1930. His… …
52Gratien Candace — Gratien Candace, député de la Guadeloupe (1929) Parlementaire français Date de naissance 18 décembre 1873 …
53agnosticism — /ag nos teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. the doctrine or belief of an agnostic. 2. an intellectual doctrine or attitude affirming the uncertainty of all claims to ultimate knowledge. [1870 75; AGNOSTIC + ISM] * * * Doctrine that one cannot know the… …
54functionalism — /fungk sheuh nl iz euhm/, n. 1. (usually cap.) Chiefly Archit., Furniture. a. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as… …
55Las Casas, Bartolomé de — born August 1474, Sevilla? died July 17, 1566, Madrid Spanish historian and missionary, called the Apostle of the Indies. He sailed on Christopher Columbus s third voyage (1498) and later became a planter on Hispaniola (1502). In 1510 he became… …
56Laud, William — born Oct. 7, 1573, Reading, Berkshire, Eng. died Jan. 10, 1645, London Archbishop of Canterbury (1633–45) and religious adviser to Charles I. He became a privy councillor in 1627 and bishop of London in 1628, devoting himself to combating… …
57Bacon, Francis, Viscount Saint Alban (or Albans), Baron of Verulam — ▪ British author, philosopher, and statesman Introduction also called (1603–18) Sir Francis Bacon born Jan. 22, 1561, York House, London, Eng. died April 9, 1626, London lord chancellor of England (1618–21). A lawyer, statesman, philosopher,… …
58Whitman, Walt — ▪ American poet Introduction in full Walter Whitman born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, N.Y., U.S. died March 26, 1892, Camden, N.J. American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass is a landmark in the… …
59Religious Indifferentism — Religious Indifferentism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Indifferentism The term given, in general, to all those theories, which, for one reason or another, deny that it is the duty of man to worship God by believing and… …
60St. Hippolytus of Rome — St. Hippolytus of Rome † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Hippolytus of Rome Martyr, presbyter and antipope; date of birth unknown; d. about 236. Until the publication in 1851 of the recently discovered Philosophumena , it was impossible… …
