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41United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
42Brunelleschi, Filippo — born 1377, Florence [Italy] died April 15, 1446, Florence Florentine architect and engineer. Trained as a sculptor and goldsmith, he turned his attention to architecture after failing to win a competition for the bronze doors of the Baptistery of …
43Butler, Samuel — I born Dec. 4, 1835, Langar Rectory, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died June 18, 1902, London British novelist, essayist, and critic. Descended from distinguished clergymen, he grappled for many years with Christianity and evolution, first embracing,… …
44Chicago literary renaissance — Flourishing of literary activity in Chicago с 1912–25. Its leading writers Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, and Carl Sandburg realistically depicted the contemporary urban environment, condemning the loss of traditional… …
45Chopin, Kate — orig. Katherine O Flaherty born Feb. 8, 1851, St. Louis, Mo., U.S. died Aug. 22, 1904, St. Louis U.S. writer. Chopin lived in Louisiana during her marriage and began to write after her husband s death. A local colourist and interpreter of New… …
46Edirne, Treaty of — or Treaty of Adrianople (September 14, 1829) Pact concluding the Russo Turkish War of 1828–29. Signed at Edirne (ancient Adrianople), Turkey, the treaty opened the Turkish straits to Russian shipping and granted Russia some territorial… …
47Kölreuter, Josef Gottlieb — born April 27, 1733, Sulz, Württemberg died Nov. 12, 1806, Karlsruhe, Baden German botanist. A pioneer in the study of plant hybrids, he was the first to develop a scientific application of the discovery (made in 1694 by Rudolph Camerarius) of… …
48Mondrian, Piet — orig. Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan born March 7, 1872, Amersfoort, Neth. died Feb. 1, 1944, New York, N.Y., U.S. Dutch painter. At the insistence of his father, headmaster of a Calvinist school, he obtained an education degree, but then immediately… …
49Redon, Odilon — born April 20, 1840, Bordeaux, Fr. died July 6, 1916, Paris French painter, lithographer, and etcher. He studied under Jean Léon Gérome and learned lithography under Henri Fantin Latour. He came to be associated with the Symbolist painters. His… …
50Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… …
