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71Richard Verstegan — Richard Verstegan † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Richard Verstegan (Alias ROWLANDS). Publisher and antiquarian, born at London, about 1548; died at Antwerp 1636 (?). His grandfather, who had migrated from Guelderland, took the name… …
72Rudolf II — (1552 1615) Habsburg king of Hungary and Bohemia; Holy Roman emperor from 1576. He is remembered mainly for his cultural patronage after he transferred the seat of imperial rule from Vienna to Prague in 1583. The court painters whom he… …
73Christopher Hutton — Christopher William Clayton Hutton (1893 – 1965), called Clutty and also known as Christopher Clayton Hutton,[1] was an intelligence officer who worked for MI9, a subsection of British Military Intelligence. In the Second World War, he was hired… …
74Jerry Thomas (bartender) — For the Louisiana politician and physician, see Jerry Thomas (Louisiana politician). For the baseball player, see Jerry Thomas (baseball). Jerry Thomas Thomas mixing his signature drink: The Blue Blazer Born 1830 Sackets Harbor …
75Mexican handcrafts and folk art — Crafts market at Villa del Carbón. Mexican handcrafts and folk art is a complex collection of items made with various materials and intended for utilitarian, decorative or other purposes. Some of the items produced by hand in this country include …
76Michael Bernhard Valentini — Title page of Museum Museorum Michael Bernhard Valentini (1657 1729) was a German doctor and a collector. After obtaining his doctorate in 1686 in Giessen he became Professor of Medicine in that city and personal physician to the Margrave of… …
77Musée Magnin — The Musée Magnin is a national museum in the French city of Dijon, with a collection of around 2000 works of art collected by Maurice Magnin and his wife Jeanne and bequeathed to the state in 1937 along with the hôtel Lantin, a 17th century hôtel …
78Aberdeen — ABERDEEN, a city, and sea port town, the seat of a university, the capital of the county of Aberdeen, and the metropolis of the North of Scotland, 109 miles (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh, and 425 (N. by W.) from London; containing, with parts of… …
