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61Anophthalmus hitleri — Taxobox name = Anophthalmus hitleri status = NE status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Carabidae subfamilia = Trechinae genus = Anophthalmus species = A. hitleri binomial =… …
62Tong Seal — Pu Tong Seal (1346 AD) was a legendary Burmese hero. A Sizang, he was a very strong, tall and masculine individual who possessed an unusual body structure, measuring “9 tuuk” at his chest (54 inches diameter and 108 inches of the chest… …
63Cassiano dal Pozzo — (1588 1657), [Cassianus Aputeo in his scholarly circles.] was an Italian scholar and patron of arts. The secretary of Cardinal Francesco Barberini, he was an antiquary in the classicizing circle of Rome, and a long term friend and patron of… …
64John Tradescant the elder — (c. 1570s – 15 ndash;16 April 1638), father of John Tradescant the younger, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector and traveller, probably born in Suffolk, England. He began his career as head gardener to the Earl of Salisbury at Hatfield …
65Hammer Museum (Haines, AK) — For the Armand Hammer Museum, see Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum, located in Haines, Alaska, U.S., is the only museum in the world dedicated to hammers. It features over 1,700 hammers and related tools, ranging from an ancient Roman battle axe… …
66Esprit Calvet — (28 November1728 1810) was a French physician and collector. In his last will, established in 1810 and canceling his previous testament of 1788, [See [http://www.fondation calvet.org/fr/fondation calvet/testament calvet.html Calvet s testament,… …
67Gerrit Wartenaar — (Amsterdam, May 28, 1747 Amsterdam, June 6, 1803) is a Dutch and hardly known painter. His name is not in one of the manuels. Gerrit Wartenaar was the son of Lambertus Wartenaar, a mapmaker. [Eeghen, I. van (1981) De burgerwijkkaarten van… …
68Thomas Bodkin — Professor Thomas Patrick Bodkin (July 21 1887 – April 24 1961) was an Irish lawyer, art historian, art collector and curator.Bodkin was Director of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1927 to 1935 and founding Director of the Barber… …
69computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
70South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
