A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Godard, Jean-Luc ... Gokalp, Ziya Godard, Jean-Luc French film director who came to prominence with the New Wave group in France during ... [7 Related Articles] Godarpura pilgrimage centre, western Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It lies along the Narmada River southeast ... Godavari River sacred river of central India. It rises in the Western Ghats 50 miles (80 km) ... [7 Related Articles] Godbout, Jacques (from the article "Literature") The year 2006 was marked by the literary old guard jockeying for position with the ... Goddard Family celebrated New England cabinetmakers, whose furniture was among the finest made in America during the ... [1 Related Articles] Goddard, James (from the article "Goddard Family") The son of Daniel Goddard, a house carpenter in Massachusetts, John Goddard (1723/ 24-85) moved ... Goddard, John (from the article "Goddard Family") The son of Daniel Goddard, a house carpenter in Massachusetts, John Goddard (1723/ 24-85) moved ... Goddard, John Frederick (from the article "photography, history of") ...the exclusive British license for the American mirror camera (he later also purchased the exclusive ... Goddard, John, II (from the article "Goddard Family") Stephen Goddard's son, John Goddard II (1789-1843), was also a cabinetmaker. All were survived by ... Goddard, Mary Katherine early American printer and publisher who was also probably the first woman postmaster in America. Goddard, Paulette American actress known for her spirited persona and for her association with Charlie Chaplin. [2 Related Articles] Goddard, Rayner Goddard, Baron lord chief justice of England from 1946 to 1958. Seldom lenient but always respectful of ... Goddard, Robert Hutchings American professor and inventor generally acknowledged to be the father of modern rocketry. He published ... [8 Related Articles] Goddard, Stephen (from the article "Goddard Family") Only two of Goddard's sons, to whom he bequeathed his tools and shop, were cabinetmakers: ... Goddard, Thomas (from the article "Goddard Family") Only two of Goddard's sons, to whom he bequeathed his tools and shop, were cabinetmakers: ... Goddard-Townsend group (from the article "Townsend family") American cabinetmakers working in Newport, R.I., during the 17th and 18th centuries and forming with ... Godden v. Hales (from the article "United Kingdom") ...During the rebellion, James had dispensed with the Test Act and appointed Catholics to military ... Godden, Rumer British writer whose many novels, poems, and nonfictional works reflect her personal experiences in colonial ... [1 Related Articles] goddess (from the article "Celtic religion") ...reflect the coupling of the protecting god of tribe or nation with the mother-goddess who ... Gode, Alexander (from the article "Interlingua") ...to be retained and what were to be discarded led to numerous "dialects" of Interlingua, ... Godefroid de Claire important Belgian Romanesque goldsmith and enamelist of the Mosan school. Little is known of his ... [2 Related Articles] Godefroy Family distinguished French family of legal scholars and historians. Denis I Godefroy, called Denis the Old ... Godefroy, Denis I (from the article "Godefroy Family") distinguished French family of legal scholars and historians. Denis I Godefroy, called Denis the Old ... Godefroy, Denis II (from the article "Godefroy Family") ...Jacques Godefroy (1587-1652), also a son of Denis I, was a professor at the University ... Godefroy, Denis III (from the article "Godefroy Family") ...of the Codex Theodosianus, published posthumously, was his most important work. Denis II Godefroy, called ... Godefroy, Jacques (from the article "Godefroy Family") ...Corpus juris civilis (1583) had a long life, going through 20 editions. His son Theodore ... Godefroy, Jean (from the article "Godefroy Family") ...Theodore, was also a historian and archivist. Denis III (1653-1719), son of Denis II, was ... Godefroy, Theodore (from the article "Godefroy Family") ...the Old (1549-1621), was a Protestant who for that reason lived in exile in Switzerland ... Godeheu, Charles Robert (from the article "India") ...Marathas. The French were worsted, and they were eventually forced to surrender in June 1752. ... Godel number (from the article "set theory") ...proved by Kurt Godel about any formal theory S that includes the usual vocabulary of ... Godel's completeness theorem (from the article "logic, history of") The second major result in formal semantics, Godel's completeness theorem of 1930, required even for ... Godel's constructible universe (from the article "mathematics, foundations of") A better candidate may be Godel's constructible universe, whose original purpose was to serve as ... Godel's first incompleteness theorem (from the article "Positivism") ...types of mathematical problems, a discovery that dealt a severe blow to the expectations of ... Godel's second incompleteness theorem (from the article "logic, history of") ...to show its own consistency; that is, a finitely axiomatized set theory cannot be used ... Godel, Kurt Austrian-born American mathematician, logician, and author of Godel's proof, which states that within any rigidly ... [22 Related Articles] Godescalc Gospels (from the article "chrysography") ...the impetus of the 8th- and 9th-century Carolingian literary renaissance, when a number of splendid ... Godey's Lady's Book American publication that, from 1830 to 1898, pioneered a format still employed by magazines devoted ... [3 Related Articles] Godey, Louis A. (from the article "Godey's Lady's Book") Louis A. Godey, a publisher and former newspaper editor, established his magazine in 1830 in ... Godfree, Kitty British tennis player, a dominant figure in women's tennis in the 1920s who won two ... Godfrey Danish Godfred, or Gudfred king in Denmark who halted the northward extension of Charlemagne's empire. ... Godfrey I (from the article "Breda") gemeente (municipality), southwestern Netherlands, at the confluence of the Mark (Merk) and Aa rivers. It ... Godfrey of Bouillon duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey IV; 1089-1100) and a leader of the First Crusade, ... [7 Related Articles] Godfrey Of Fontaines French Aristotelian philosopher and theologian prominent in the medieval controversy over faith versus reason that ... Godfrey of Saint-Victor French monk, philosopher, theologian, and poet whose writings summarized an early medieval Christian Humanism that ... Godfrey, Arthur U.S. radio and television entertainer widely popular in the 1940s and '50s, whose many broadcast ... Godfrey, Sir Edmund English magistrate whose death, allegedly at the hands of Roman Catholics, touched off a wave ... [2 Related Articles] Godfrey, Thomas British-American colonial artisan, inventor, and mathematician. [1 Related Articles] Godhead (from the article "Arianism") ...is not truly divine but a created being. Arius' basic premise was the uniqueness of ... Godhra town, administrative headquarters of Panch Mahals district, northeastern Gujarat state, west central India. Godhra is ... Godi, Villa (from the article "Palladio, Andrea") In about 1540 Palladio designed his first villa, at Lonedo for Girolamo de' Godi, and ... Godin Tepe (from the article "Iran, ancient") ...6000 BC these patterns of village farming were widely spread over much of the Iranian ... Godiva, Lady Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman famous for her legendary ride while nude through Coventry, Warwickshire. [3 Related Articles] Godkin, E.L. Anglo-American editor and founder of The Nation, a news and opinion magazine. [1 Related Articles] Godmanis, Ivars (from the article "Latvia") ...(2007 est.): 2,274,000 | Capital: Riga | Chief of state: Presidents Vaira Vike-Freiberga and, from ... Godollo (from the article "Pest") ...have a mixture of industries. Vac (which has been an Episcopal centre for centuries), is ... Godolphin (from the article "Equestrian Sports") Godolphin had a difficult year, starting with the death on January 4 of Sheikh Maktum ... Godolphin Barb (from the article "horse racing") ...Calendars and sales papers. After a few years of revision, it was updated annually. All ... Godolphin, Margaret Blagge (from the article "Evelyn, John") About 1670 Evelyn formed a paternal affection for Margaret Blagge, a maid of honour at ... Godolphin, Sidney English poet and Royalist during the reign of Charles I. Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of, Viscount Rialton, Baron Godolphin of Rialton British politician and administrator who did much to stabilize British financial administration during the 20 ... [3 Related Articles] Godomer (from the article "France") ...I, as allies of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, moved into Burgundy, whose ... Godowsky, Leopold renowned Russian-born American virtuoso pianist and composer, known for his exceptional piano technique. Godowsky, Leopold, Jr. American musician and photographic technician primarily known as a codeveloper of Kodachrome film (1935). [2 Related Articles] Godoy Cruz suburb immediately south of the city of Mendoza in northern Mendoza provincia ... Godoy, Manuel de Spanish royal favourite and twice prime minister, whose disastrous foreign policy contributed to a series ... [5 Related Articles] godparent one who stands surety for another in the rite of Christian baptism. In the modern ... [3 Related Articles] Gods, Garden of the (from the article "Colorado Springs") The city is the site of Colorado College (1874), the University of Colorado at Colorado ... godspell (from the article "biblical literature") The English word gospel is derived from the Anglo-Saxon godspell ("good story"). The classical Greek ... Godunov, Alexander (ALEKSANDR BORISOVICH GODUNOV), Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. Nov. 25/28, 1949, Sakhalin Island, U.S.S.R.--d. ... Godunov, Boris Russian statesman who was chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I (reigned 1584-98) and was himself ... [5 Related Articles] Godwin, Edward British architect, designer, and writer notable for his contributions to the English Aesthetic movement in ... [3 Related Articles] Godwin, Francis bishop and historian who wrote the first story of space travel in English literature, The ... Godwin, Gail American author of fiction about personal freedom in man-woman relationships and the choices women make. [2 Related Articles] Godwin, William social philosopher, political journalist, and religious dissenter who anticipated the English Romantic literary movement with ... [8 Related Articles] Godwine also spelled Godwin earl of Wessex, the most powerful man in England during the opening ... [1 Related Articles] Godwine of Wessex (from the article "Northumbria, Tostig, earl of") Tostig was a son, probably the third, of Godwine, earl of Wessex and Kent, and ... godwit any of four species of large, long-billed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, family Scolopacidae, named ... Goebbels, Joseph minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. A master orator and ... [7 Related Articles] Goebel, Karl von German botanist whose Organographie der Pflanzen (1898-1901; Organography of Plants, 1900-05) clarified the principles of ... [1 Related Articles] Goebel, Timothy (from the article "figure skating") ...the quad; he was the first to land a quad in combination with a double ... Goeben, August Karl von a victorious and exceptionally able Prussian general in the wars of 1864, 1866, and 1870-71. Goeje, Michael Jan de Dutch scholar who edited many Arabic works, most important of which was the medieval history, ... Goeldi's monkey (from the article "marmoset") There are three groups of marmosets: the "true" marmosets, the tamarins, and Goeldi's monkey ( Goenka, Ramnath Indian newspaper publisher and crusader against government corruption. Goerdeler, Karl Friedrich conservative German municipal administrator and prominent figure in the resistance movement and in an unsuccessful ... [1 Related Articles] Goes, Benedict de (from the article "Pamirs") ...the Pamirs in 747 but withdrew shortly thereafter. Marco Polo may have traversed the Vakhan ... Goes, Hugo van der one of the greatest Flemish painters of the second half of the 15th century, whose ... [5 Related Articles] Goetel, Ferdynand Polish novelist and essayist noted primarily for his memoirs and his novels about exotic countries. Goethals, George Washington U.S. Army officer and engineer who directed the building of the Panama Canal. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic, and amateur artist, considered the greatest ... [47 Related Articles] Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes (from the article "Germany") Prominent among cultural groups is the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes (formerly the Goethe Institut of Munich). ... goethite a widespread iron oxide mineral [alpha-FeO(OH)] and the most common ingredient of iron rust. It ... [3 Related Articles] Goetz, Ruth Goodman American playwright (b. Jan. 12, 1908, Philadelphia, Pa.-d. Oct. 12, 2001, Englewood, N.J.), collaborated with ... Goetz, Walter German-born British illustrator and cartoonist whose amusing perspectives on the English and on Anglo-French relations ... Goeze, J. M. (from the article "Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim") ...had rejected the basic tenets of the Christian faith. Lessing went into battle against the ... Goffin, Gerry (from the article "The Brill Building") ...company of Brill Building pop music (actually located across the street at 1650 Broadway) was ... Gog and Magog in the Hebrew Bible, the prophesied invader of Israel and the land from which he ... [2 Related Articles] Gogarty, Oliver St. John writer, wit, and raconteur associated with the Irish literary renaissance whose memoirs vividly re-create the ... Gogebic Range (from the article "Ironwood") ...Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. Ironwood lies along the Montreal River at the Wisconsin border, some ... Gogh, Theo van (from the article "Gogh, Vincent van") ...academic principles taught at the Antwerp Academy, where he was enrolled. His refusal to follow ... Gogh, Vincent van Dutch painter, generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt, and one of the greatest of the ... [14 Related Articles] Gogmagog (from the article "Corineus") ...to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae (1135-39), he was a Trojan warrior who accompanied ... Gogo a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting central Tanzania. They live in a portion of the East African ... [2 Related Articles] Gogol, Nikolay Ukrainian-born Russian humorist, dramatist, and novelist, whose novel Myortvye dushi (Dead Souls) and whose short ... [8 Related Articles] Gogua, Aleksei Abkhazian writer credited with introducing the psychological novel to Abkhazian literature. Gogunda, Battle of battle fought in Rajasthan, northwestern India, between Pratap Singh of Mewar, the senior Rajput chief, ... gogynfeirdd (from the article "Celtic literature") With the consolidation of the principality of Gwynedd under Gruffudd ap Cynan (1054-1137) and his ... Goh Chok Tong (from the article "Singapore") Area: 697 sq km (269 sq mi) | Population (2004 est.): 4,229,000 | Head of ... Goh Kun (from the article "Korea, Republic of") ...back quickly from a knife attack in May at a campaign rally for local elections, ... Goheen, Robert Francis American educational administrator instituted vast changes at Princeton University while serving as its president (1957-72). ... gohei in the Shinto religion of Japan, a kind of paper or cloth offering made to ... Goiania city, capital of Goias estado (state), south-central Brazil. It is situated in the Brazilian Highlands ... [1 Related Articles] Goias estado (state), south-central Brazil. Goias is the site of the distrito federal (federal district) and ... [3 Related Articles] Goibhniu ancient Celtic smith god. Goibhniu figured in Irish tradition as one of a trio of ... [1 Related Articles] Goidelic languages one of two groups of the modern Celtic languages; the group includes Irish, Manx, and ... [3 Related Articles] Goindwal (from the article "Amar Das") Under Amar Das's direction, the city of Goindwal became a centre of Sikh authority and ... going barrel (from the article "watch") The going barrel, in which the mainspring barrel drives the wheeltrain directly, is fitted to ... Gois, Damiao de leading Portuguese humanist, who had an encyclopaedic mind and was one of the most critical ... [1 Related Articles] goitre enlargement of the thyroid gland, resulting in a prominent swelling in the front of the ... [7 Related Articles] goitrogen (from the article "hormone") ...to form two compounds (3-monoiodotyrosine and 3,5-diiodotyrosine), which then join to form the active hormones. ... Goitschel, Christine French Alpine ski racer who won the gold medal in the slalom at the 1964 ... [1 Related Articles] Goitschel, Marielle French Alpine ski racer who won Olympic gold medals in both the slalom and giant ... [1 Related Articles] Goizueta, Roberto Crispulo Cuban-born American businessman who served as chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company. During his ... [1 Related Articles] goje (from the article "African music") The bowed-lute family is represented by three types of one-string fiddle, as exemplified by the ... Gok-Tepe, Battle of (from the article "Turkmenistan") ...which in 1899 was made part of the governorate-general of Turkistan. There was fierce resistance ... Gokalp, Ziya sociologist, writer, and poet, one of the most important intellectuals and spokesmen of the Turkish ... [2 Related Articles]

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