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71Henry Foley — Brother Henry Foley was an English Roman Catholic church historian.BiographyHe was born at Astley in Worcestershire, England on 9 August 1811; died at Manresa House, Roehampton, 19 November 1891. His father was the Protestant curate in charge at… …
72Pjetër Arbnori — Pjetër Arbnori, the Albanian statesman dubbed the Mandela of the Balkans for the length of his internment – over 28 years – in an Albanian gulag, was born in Durrës, on the Adriatic coast, on January 18th, 1935.BiographyOrphaned at the age of… …
73Abrahamic religions — Symbols of the Abrahamic religions: Judaism represented by the Star of David (top), Christianity represented by the Cross (left), and Islam represented by the Arabic calligraphy of God s name (Allah) (right). Abrahamic religions are the… …
74Benedictus van Haeften — (b.1588 d.31 July 1648) Provost of Affligem Abbey and famous writer of religious works.Haeften commissioned Rubens and De Crayer to decorate the church and the monastery in Affligem.BiographyVan Haeften was a Benedictine writer, provost of the… …
75Mark Alexander (painter) — For the nineteenth century American lawyer, see Mark Alexander (politician). Mark Alexander (born 1966) is a contemporary British artist. Contents 1 Biography 2 Style and works 3 Exhibitions 4 …
76Angkor — /ang kawr, kohr/, n. a vast assemblage of ruins of the Khmer empire, near the modern city of Siem Reap in NW Cambodia: many elaborately carved and decorated temples, stone statues, gateways, and towers. * * * Archaeological site, northwestern… …
77Leonardo da Vinci — /lee euh nahr doh deuh vin chee, lay /; It. /le aw nahrdd daw dah veen chee/. 1452 1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist. * * * born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Republic of Florence died May 2 …
78puppetry — /pup i tree/, n., pl. puppetries. 1. the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows. 2. the action of puppets. 3. mummery; mere show. 4. puppets collectively. [1520 30; see PUPPET, RY] * * * Art of creating and manipulating puppets in a… …
79stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …
80English language — Language belonging to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo European language family, widely spoken on six continents. The primary language of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various Caribbean and Pacific… …
