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Doppler Christian Johann

Doppler, Christian Johann (1803-53), Austrian physicist and mathematician, born in Salzburg, and educated there and in Vienna. He was a professor successively at the Technical Institute at Prague and at... 

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Gallegos Freire Rómulo

Gallegos Freire, Rómulo (1884-1969), Venezuelan novelist and statesman, born in Caracas. He was a teacher from 1912 until 1930, and during this period he published several novels dealing with Venezuelan... 

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Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega (1562-1635), full name LOPE FELIX DE VEGA CARPIO, also known as Lope, Spanish playwright and poet, one of the most prolific and gifted writers of Spain’s Golden Age. Lope de Vega was... 

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Proust Marcel

Proust, Marcel (1871-1922), French writer, creator of the 16-volume À la recherche du temps perdu (1913-27), the lengthy cyclic novel known in English as Remembrance of Things Past (1922-32) and regarded... 

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Serra Junípero

Serra, Junípero, full name MIGUEL JOSE SERRA (1713-84), Spanish Roman Catholic missionary to North America, born on the island of Majorca. He joined the Franciscans in 1730 and a year later began teaching... 

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Wilde Oscar

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900), Irish-born writer and wit, who was the chief proponent of the aesthetic movement, based on the principle of art for art’s sake. Wilde was a novelist, playwright, poet, and...