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111Nestor Kukolnik — portrait by Karl Briullov. Nestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (Russian: Нестор Васильевич Кукольник) (1809–1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho Rusyn origin. Immensely popular during the early part of his career, his works were… …
112Faddei Bulgarin — Tadeusz Bulharyn, known in Russia as Faddei Venediktovich Bulgarin (Фаддей Венедиктович Булгарин, 1789 1859), was a Polish born Russian journalist whose self imposed mission was to popularize the authoritative policies of Alexander I and Nicholas …
113Bastiano da Sangallo — (1481 ndash; May 31, 1551) was an Italian sculptor and painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Tuscany. He was a nephew of Giuliano da Sangallo and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. He is usually known as Aristotile , a nickname he… …
114Antoine de Montchrestien — (or Montchretien ) (Falaise in Normandy c. 1575 Falaise, October 7 or 8 1621) was a French soldier, dramatist, adventurer and economist. Son of an apothecary named Mauchrestien and orphan at a young age, Montchrestien came under the protection of …
115Saj' — Saj‘ is a form of rhymed prose in Arabic literature. It is named so because of its evenness or monotony, or from a fancied resemblance between its rhythm and the cooing of a dove. It is a highly artificial style of prose, characterized by a kind… …
116Francis Kirkman — (1632 c. 1680) appears in many roles in the English literary world of the second half of the seventeenth century, as a publisher, bookseller, librarian, author bibliographer. In each he is an enthusiast for popular literature and a popularising… …
117Agapetus (deacon) — Agapetus was a deacon of the church of Hagia Sophia at Constantinople (about 500), reputed tutor of Justinian, and author of a series of exhortations in seventy two short chapters addressed (ca. 527) to that emperor ( Patrologia Graecae, LXXXVI,… …
118Catius — Catius, an Epicurean philosopher, was a native of Gallia Transpadana (Insuber), and composed a treatise in four books on the nature of things and on the chief good ( de Rerum Natura et de summo Bono ). Cicero, in a letter written in 45 BC,… …
119Way Down East — Infobox Film name = Way Down East caption = Theatrical poster director = D. W. Griffith producer = D. W. Griffith writer = Story: Lottie Blair Parker Screenplay: Anthony Paul Kelly D. W. Griffith starring = Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess Lowell …
120John C. Tidball — Infobox Military Person name=John Caldwell Tidball born= birth date|1825|1|25 died= death date and age|1906|5|15|1825|1|25 placeofburial= West Point Cemetery caption=Captain John C. Tidball, 1862, Library of Congress placeofbirth=near Wheeling,… …
