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Cayley, George. 1773-1857. Flying machine 1796. First manned glider flight 1853.
Chapman, George. c1559-1634. English poet, playwright: Bussy d’Ambois 1607. Translated Homer.
Chopin, Fréderic. 1810-49. Polish/French composer of emotional expressiveness and pianist of great technical ability. Sand.
Clemenceau, Georges. 1841-1929. French Radical Prime Minister 1917-20. Dreyfus defender. War leader.
Cole, George. 1889-1959. English economist/journalist: The Intelligent Man’s Guide Through World Chaos.
Continental Army. 1775-81. American Revolution army under George Washington.
Conway Cabal. 1777 plot to replace Washington with Gates at head of Continental Army.
Couthon, Georges. 1755-94. French aide to Robespierre. Guillotined.
Crazy Horse. c1842-1877. Sioux Indian chief vs Custer at Little Bighorn.
Cubism. 1907. Braque and Picasso reduce painting to minimum geometric forms. Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907. Term coined by Braque 1909.
Cubism, Synthetic. 1913. Braque and Picasso create a collage form of painting.
Custer, George. 1839-76. US general killed at Little Bighorn.
Cuvier, Georges. 1769-1832. French creator of comparative anatomy and paleontology.
Dance, George. (The Elder). British designer of Mansion House 1737, London Bridge rebuild 1746.
Dance, George. (The Younger). 1741-1825. English Neoclassical architect College of Surgeons 1813. Founder, Royal Academy.
Danton, Georges. 1759-94. French Cordelier, Jacobin. Girondin leader 1792-3. Defeated foreign interveners. Executed by Robespierre.
De La Tour, George. 1593-1652. French Caravaggist painter. Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds.
Despard, Edward. 1751-1803. 1802 Plot to assassinate George III.
Dewey, George. 1837-1917. US admiral in Spanish-American War.
Donatello. 1386-1466. Florentine sculptor. Gattamelata 1445- first Renaissance equestrian statue. David- 1st Renaissance free-standing nude. St. George 1416.
Dupin, Amandine. Wrote as George Sand.
Eastman, George. 1854-1932. US inventor of roll film and Kodak camera 1888. Bromide print 1871.
Eliot, George. (Mary Ann Evans). 1819-90. English psychological novelist: Adam Bede 1859; Silas Marner 1861. Translated Strauss.
Enesco, Georges. 1881-1955. Romanian folk theme composer. National style.
Enlightenment. 17-18C. Intellectual movement. Rationalism, natural laws vs dogma, authority. J-J Rousseau. Smith. Mendlessohn. Fontenelle. Voltaire. Montesquieu. Hume. Berkeley. Sturm und Drang.