Fleet Prison. 12C-1844. London debtors prison.

Fleming, Alexander. 1881-1955. Scottish doctor, dicoverer of penicillin 1928. Florey, Chain.

Flemish. School of Music. 1450-1550. Vocal contrapuntal ideal of a capella.

Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.

Fleur de Lys. National emblem of France 496-1789. Tricolour.

Flodden, Battle. 1513. Repelled Scotish invasion of England. James IV of Scotland killed.

Flood, Great. c3000BC. Destruction of man and world by God. Forty days and night. Noah. Gilgamesh.

Flora. Roman goddess of flowers.

Florence. c200BC Etruscan. 59BC Rome. 1198 Independent rep. 1434 Medici. 1532 + Tuscany. 1860 Italy (1865-70 capital).

Florentine. School of Painting. 1270 Academy of Fine Arts. Express humanist ideas through art. Realism and chiarascuro. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.

Florey, Howard. 1898-1968. British. Isolated Penicillin with Chain,1928. Fleming.

Florian, Jean-Pierre de. 1755-94. French fable writer.

Foch, Ferdinand. 1851-1929. French Supreme Allied Leader on W Front, 1918. Marne. WWI.

Fontainebleau. 12C castle richly decorated by Francis I.

Fontenelle, Bernard de. 1657-1757. French pre-enlightenment writer, scientist. Entretiens 1685.

Forbidden City. 1421-1911. Peking. Emperor’s fortified palace. Commoners forbidden to enter.

Ford, Gerald. 1913-. Only non-elected US President 1974-6. Replaced Agnew as VP, Nixon as President pardoned Nixon.

Ford, Henry. 1863-1947. US industrialist. Application of assembly line created affordable car. Model T 1908. Rivas.

Foreign Legion. 1831-. French army unit of foreign volunteers, French officers founded in Algeria.

Formigé. Designer of gardens in Champ-de-Mars 1908.

Formigny, Battle. 1450. French artillery defeat English longbow.

Fortuna. Roman goddess of destiny. = Tyche.

Fouché, Joseph. 1758-1820. French Revolutionary. Minister of Police 1779~1815. Secret police. Intrigued vs Robespierre 1794, Napoleon 1799,1807; Louis XVIII 1814.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Biblical reference to war, famine, death, and Christ, to come at end of world.

Fowler, H.W. 1858-1933. English lexicographer. Dictionary of Modern English Usage 1926.

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