Fry, Elizabeth. 1780-1845. English Quaker prison reformer.

Fu Hsi. 2800BC. Chinese mythical Emperor. Created I Ching, marriage rites.

Fuchs, Klaus. 1911-88. German/British nuclear physicist. Communist spy 1943-50.

Fuchs, Leonhard. 1501-66. German naturalist. Compendium of medicinal plants. Historia Stirpium 1542.

Fugger. 15-17C. German family of financiers and merchants.

Fugitive Slave Acts. 1793-1850. Required return of runaway slaves. American Civil War.

Fuller, R. Buckminster. 1895-1983. US engineer/philosopher. Geodesic Dome.

Fulton, Robert. 1765-1815. US engineer: steam boat Clermont, 1807. Submarine, 1801.

Fulvia. -40BC. Wife of Antony. Led revolt vs Octavian.

Funan Empire. 1-6C. Cambodia. Khmer.

Functionalism. 1924-45. Architectural movement of Le Corbusier. Austere objects perfected to carry out their function.

Fundamentalism. 1920-. US conservative Protestant movement. Strict scriptural interpretation.

Funk, Casimir. 1884-1967. Polish/US discoverer of vitamins.

Furetière, Antoine. 1619-88. French satirist/lexicographer. Nouvelle Allégorique 1658. Universal Dictionary 1684.

Furies. Goddesses of vengeance. Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera.

Fürstenbund. “League of Princes” 1785. Prussian-led association of German states vs Joseph II.

Fust, Johann. 1400-66. German partner of Gutenburg.

Futurism. 1909-1915. Italian artistic movement founded by Marinetti. Glorified machine age, war and violence. Exemplified by simultaneity of images like strobe effect. Boccioni, Balla.

Gabon. Mpongwe. 1485 Portugal. 1839 France 1889 «Congo. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1940 Free France. 1946 French Territory. 1960 Independent republic.

Gabor, Dennis. 1900-79. Hungarian/English holograph inventor, 1947.

Gabriel. Archangel. God’s messenger. Made Annunciation to Mary, and revealed Koran to Muhammad.

Gabriel, Jacques-Ange. 1698-1782. French Architect: École Militaire 1752. Champ-de-Mars. Place de la Concorde 1755. Petit Trianon 1762.

Gabrieli, Andrea. c1510-86. Venetian church music composer. First to combine voice and instruments in concerto form.

Gabrieli, Giovanni. c1557-1612. Nephew of A. Wrote sacred symphonies of voice and instrument.

Gad. A Lost Tribe of Israel.

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