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Kemble, John Philip

(Encyclopedia)Kemble, John Philip: see under Kemble, Roger. ...

Marciano, John Bemelmans

(Encyclopedia)Marciano, John Bemelmans: see under Bemelmans, Ludwig. ...

John XXIII, antipope

(Encyclopedia)John XXIII, antipope: see Cossa, Baldassare. ...

John of Hollywood

(Encyclopedia)John of Hollywood: see Sacrobosco, Johannes de. ...

Elkann, John Philip

(Encyclopedia)Elkann, John Philip: see under Agnelli, family. ...

Sullivan, John

(Encyclopedia)Sullivan, John, 1740–95, American Revolutionary general, b. Somersworth, N.H. He was a lawyer and a delegate (1774–75, 1780–81) to the Continental Congress but is better remembered as a military...

Marston, John

(Encyclopedia)Marston, John, 1576–1634, English satirist and dramatist, b. Oxfordshire, grad. Oxford, 1594. In accordance with his father's wishes he studied law at Middle Temple, but his interests soon turned to...

Audubon, John James

(Encyclopedia)Audubon, John James ôˈdəbŏn [key], 1785–1851, American ornithologist, b. Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti). The illegitimate son of a French sea captain and plantation owner and a Creole cham...

Hay, John Milton

(Encyclopedia)Hay, John Milton, 1838–1905, American author and statesman who was an important political figure from the mid-19th cent. into the early 20th cent.; b. Salem, Ind., grad. Brown. He practiced law at S...

Ruskin, John

(Encyclopedia)Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, English critic and social theorist. During the mid-19th cent. Ruskin was the virtual dictator of artistic opinion in England, but Ruskin's reputation declined after his deat...