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The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521630993
Total Pages : 1264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia written by David Crystal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-04-16 with total page 1264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia is the authoritative single-volume reference work on people, both living and dead. In addition to its thousand or more pages of A-Z entries, the book offers an invaluable Ready Reference section with lists of political leaders and rulers, Nobel Prizewinners, patron saints, sports champions and many more. Acclaimed on its first publication in 1994 as a new kind of biographical reference book, the Encyclopedia is now established as a reliable source of information on over 26,000 people, fully cross-referenced. The book's international coverage and devotion to important figures - both historical and contemporary - in science and the arts as well as sports and popular personalities make it unique. This Second Edition has been comprehensively updated and supplemented with new entries.

The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary

Author : David Crystal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521567800
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary written by David Crystal and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 14,000 brief entries covering persons both past and present

The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland

Author : Christopher Haigh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521395526
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland written by Christopher Haigh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-08-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Britain and Ireland is traditionally presented as a succession of dramatic changes, but in this reference work the 60 contributors under the editorship of Christopher Haigh have emphasized patterns of continuity instead, including cultural, social, political and economic themes. 300 illustrations.

The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary

Author : Magnús Magnússon
Publisher : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1628 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary written by Magnús Magnússon and published by Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 1628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 19,000 entries covering important people, past and present.

The Cambridge Paperback Encyclopedia

Author : David Crystal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521559683
Total Pages : 1080 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Paperback Encyclopedia written by David Crystal and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and provides concise information about nearly twenty thousand people, places, and scientific and technical terms, with an emphasis on international coverage and up-to-date facts

The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia

Author : Cliff Eisen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521712378
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia written by Cliff Eisen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mozart's enduring popularity, among music lovers as a composer and among music historians as a subject for continued study, lies at the heart of The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia. This reference book functions both as a starting point for information on specific works, people, places and concepts as well as a summation of current thinking about Mozart. The extended articles on genres reflect the latest in scholarship and new ways of thinking about the works while the articles on people and places provide historical framework, as well as interpretation.

Encyclopedia of Life Writing

Author : Margaretta Jolly
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136787445
Total Pages : 1141 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Life Writing written by Margaretta Jolly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 1141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first substantial reference work in English on the various forms that constitute "life writing." As this term suggests, the Encyclopedia explores not only autobiography and biography proper, but also letters, diaries, memoirs, family histories, case histories, and other ways in which individual lives have been recorded and structured. It includes entries on genres and subgenres, national and regional traditions from around the world, and important auto-biographical writers, as well as articles on related areas such as oral history, anthropology, testimonies, and the representation of life stories in non-verbal art forms.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting

Author : Simon Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521769549
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (695 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting written by Simon Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acting is widely acknowledged to be the central art of the theatre and has a long and vibrant history. With over one thousand entries, this is the first encyclopedia of stage actors and acting around the world. More than one hundred renowned international contributors provide biographical, historical and technical information about actors both familiar and obscure whose work has been crucial in the development of acting methods and traditions from classical theatre to the present day. Entries on key directors, theorists and teachers, and on the elements and genres of acting provide insights into the history of acting as an art and its current practice. Including a chronological list of actors that spans the past two thousand years and many diverse countries and cultures, this Encyclopedia offers a fascinating and unique overview of acting onstage that will be of interest to anyone who attends or practises theatre.

The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia

Author : Annette Landgraf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107666405
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (664 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia written by Annette Landgraf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Frideric Handel was born and educated in Germany, flourished in Italy, and chose to become British. One of the most cosmopolitan of the great composers, much of Handel's music has remained in the popular repertory since his lifetime, and a broad variety of his music theatre works from Italian operas to English oratorios have experienced a dramatic renaissance since the late twentieth century. A large number of publications devoted to Handel's life and music have appeared from his own time to the present day, but The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia gathers the full range of present knowledge and leading scholarship into a single volume for convenient and illuminating reference. Packed with well over 700 informative and accessible entries, both long and short, this book is ideal for performers, scholars, students and music lovers who wish to explore the Handelian world.

Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine

Author : Margaret M. Mitchell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521812399
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine written by Margaret M. Mitchell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland

Author : Christopher Haigh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521255592
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland written by Christopher Haigh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-09-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique history covering every major aspect of British life, with full coverage of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland; contributions from 60 major scholars; an 840-entry biographical Who's Who; and 930 ready reference entries on key dates and events.

The Cambridge Paperback Encyclopedia

Author : David Crystal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521668002
Total Pages : 1071 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Paperback Encyclopedia written by David Crystal and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1071 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and provides concise information on over twenty thousand people, places, and scientific and technical terms, with an emphasis on international coverage and up-to-date facts

Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620

Author : Jo Carney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 156750728X
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620 written by Jo Carney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the period comprising the Renaissance and Reformation, this volume introduces a unique set of interdisciplinary biographical dictionaries providing basic information on the people who have contributed significantly to the culture of Western civilization. Unlike general dictionaries which focus on political and military figures, this book covers such figures as the religious leaders who contributed to the Reformation, scientists who paved the way for a new view of the universe, and Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects, as well as writers, musicians, and scholars. While the great personalities are included—Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Galileo—the volume covers lesser known figures as well—the Muslim scholar Leo Africanus, the Flemish geographer-astronomer Gemma Frisius, the English travel writer Thomas Coryate. Although many of the subjects also had political influence, the entries are written to highlight their individual cultural achievement. An exciting, tumultuous, and chaotic age, the years from 1500 to 1620 saw increasing discontent with Catholicism and the beginning of Protestantism with Luther's 95 theses, great strides in the development of the printing press and a resulting increase in literacy, the humanist movement with its emphasis on the arts of antiquity, a proliferation of literature and art inspired by but moving beyond classical forms, and conflict between the triumph of Renaissance culture and the theologians of the Protestant Reformation. The resulting cultural production was astounding. This volume covers those who contributed to the fields of art and architecture, music, philosophy, religion, political and social thought, science, mathematics, literature, history, and education. With over 350 entries written by 72 scholars, the book provides a good basic resource on an exciting age.

Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Second Edition - 2 Volume Set

Author : John Daintith
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750302876
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Second Edition - 2 Volume Set written by John Daintith and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists: Second Edition, 2 Volume Set examines the lives and careers of noteworthy scientists and thinkers through the ages, illuminating the progress of science and its impact on society in general. From Aristotle and the beginnings of objective observations, to twentieth century giants, Freud and Hawking, this extensive in-depth reference explores the men and women who have shaped our ideas and the world in which we live today. Extensively revised and updated, this second edition comprises two substantial illustrated volumes that contain over 2,000 biographical entries and over half a million words. It looks and reads like a "Who's Who" of the world of scientific thought, providing an in-depth listing of prominent historical as well as modern figures of science and medicine. The main biographical entries are arranged alphabetically and summarize the individual's life and contribution to science. The volumes also include a chronology of the history of science from 590 BC to the present, a subject index, and a bibliography of key publications in the history of scientific thought. For anyone researching the world of scientific personalities and ideas, this unique reference work will be indispensable.

Encyclopedia of the Palestinians

Author : Philip Mattar
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0816069867
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Palestinians written by Philip Mattar and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history of modern Palestine and biographies of important Palestinians.

Biographical Encyclopedia of the United States

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen

Author : Carole Levin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315440717
Total Pages : 661 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen written by Carole Levin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the exemplary to the notorious to the obscure, this comprehensive and innovative encyclopedia showcases the worthy women of early modern England. Poets, princesses, or pirates, the women of power and agency found in these pages are indeed worth knowing, and this volume will introduce many female figures to even the most established scholars in early modern studies. Rather than using the conventional alphabetical format of the standard biographical encyclopedia, this volume is divided into categories of women. Since many women will fit in more than one category, each woman is placed in the category that best exemplifies her life, and is cross referenced in other appropriate sections. This structure makes the book an interesting read for seasoned scholars of early modern women, while students need not already be familiar with these subjects in order to benefit from the text. Another unusual feature of this reference work is that each entry begins with some incident from the woman’s life that is particularly exciting or significant. Some entries are very brief while others are extensive. Each includes a source listing. The book is well illustrated and liberally sprinkled with quotations of the time either by or about the women in the text.