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121Trajan — /tray jeuhn/, n. (Marcus Ulpius Nerva Trajanus) A.D. 53? 117, Roman emperor 98 117. * * * in full Caesar Divi Nervae Filius Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus or Caesar Nerva Traianus Germanicus orig. Marcus Ulpius Traianus born Sept. 15?, AD 53,… …
122United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
123Mastroianni, Marcello — born Sept. 28, 1924, Fontana Liri, Italy died Dec. 19, 1996, Paris, France Italian film actor. He made his film debut in 1947 and was a well known actor in Italy by the mid 1950s. Darkly handsome, with a screen persona alternately winning and… …
124Reagan, Ronald W(ilson) — born Feb. 6, 1911, Tampico, Ill., U.S. died June 5, 2004, Los Angeles, Calif. 40th president of the U.S. (1981–89). He attended Eureka College and worked as a radio sports announcer before going to Hollywood in 1937. In his career as a movie… …
125Richardson, Henry Hobson — born Sept. 29, 1838, Priestley Plantation, La., U.S. died April 27, 1886, Brookline, Mass. U.S. architect. He studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. His designs for Boston s Brattle Square… …
126Monkhouse, Robert Alan — ▪ 2004 “Bob” British comedian and television personality (b. June 1, 1928, Beckenham, Kent, Eng. d. Dec. 29, 2003, Eggington, Bedfordshire, Eng.), was a mainstay of British TV sitcoms and quiz shows for more than 50 years; he was admired… …
127Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de — ▪ French political philosopher Introduction born January 18, 1689, Château La Brède, near Bordeaux, France died February 10, 1755, Paris French political philosopher whose major work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to… …
128Sherman, James — ▪ vice president of United States born Oct. 24, 1855, Utica, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 30, 1912, Utica 27th vice president of the United States (1909–12) in the Republican administration of President William Howard Taft (Taft, William Howard).… …
