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138 matches to Lloyd George
George, David Lloyd. 1863-1945. Lloyd George, David.
Lloyd George, David. 1863-1945. British Liberal Prime Minister,1916-22. Unemployment insurance. Irish Free State. War cabinet, 1916.
Chicago School. 19C. US architectural style. Skyscrapers. Wright.
Lloyd’s. English insurance society created in Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House 1688.
Lloyd Webber, Andrew. 1948-. British composer of popular musicals. Jesus Christ, Superstar 1971. Evita 1978. Cats 1981. Phantom of the Opera.
Wright, Frank Lloyd. 1869-1959. US “organic” architect. Introduced glass and steel forms. Guggenhem Museum 1943-59. Taliesin West 1938.
Airy, George Biddell. 1801-92. English astronomer: Greenwich Observatory.
Austrian Succession, War. 1740-48. Jenkins Ear and King George’s Wars. Maria Theresa recognized. Francis I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Prussian power shown. Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty. Silesian War.
Bancroft, George. 1800-91. “Father of American history”. History of United States 1834-74.
Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.
Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.
Beadle, George. 1903-89. US geneticist. Role of genes in heredity.
Behistun Inscription. 520BC. Trilingual carving used by Grotefend to decipher cuneiform.
Berkeley, George. 1685-1753. Irish immaterialist philosopher: reality exists only in the eye of God; for man, only when perceived. Principles of Knowledge 1710.
Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937.
Bizet, Georges. 1838-75. French composer: Carmen 1875.
Boole, George. 1815-64. British mathematician. Algebra of Logic 1854.
Boulanger, Georges. 1837-91. French popular war minister. Conspired coup 1889. Banished.
Braque, Georges. 1882-1963. French painter. Developed Cubism with Picasso. First living artist in Louvre. Man with Guitar 1911.
Brook Farm. 1841-7. Massachussets commune. Ripley. Hawthorne.
Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.
Brummel, George. (Beau). 1778-1840. English dandy, fashion leader.
Buffon, Georges. 1707-88. Naturalist, founded Botanical Gardens, Paris. 36 vol Natural History 1753.
Cable, George. 1844-1925. US author on color problem: Ole Creole Days 1879. Silent South 1885.
Cadoudal, Georges. 1771-1804. French Royalist leader. Plotted Napoleon’s assassination. Executed.