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101Troll — A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giants, although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants – similar to… …
102The Pogues — Infobox musical artist Name = The Pogues Alias = Pogue Mahone Background = group or band Origin = Kings Cross, London, England Genre = Folk punk Celtic punk Celtic fusion Years active = 1982 1996 2001 present Label = URL = [http://www.pogues.com/ …
103Der Ring des Nibelungen — (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas (or dramas to use the composer s preferred term) by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813–83). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied. The …
104William Empson — Sir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English literary critic and poet.He is sometimes praised as the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson and William Hazlitt, and widely influential for his practice of… …
105Josiah Willard Gibbs — Infobox Scientist box width = 300px name = J. Willard Gibbs image size = 300px caption = Josiah Willard Gibbs birth date = birth date|1839|2|11|mf=y birth place = New Haven, Connecticut, USA death date = death date and… …
106Patronymic — A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one s father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one s mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a… …
107Intellectual history — refers to the history of the people who create, discuss, write about and in other ways propagate ideas. Although the field emerged from European discourses of Kulturgeschichte and Geistesgeschichte, the historical study of ideas has engaged not… …
108Ritchie Valens — Infobox musical artist Name = Ritchie Valens Background = khaki Img capt = Ritchie Valens album cover Birth name = Richard Steven Valenzuela Born = May 13, 1941 Origin = Pacoima, California, USA Died = death date and age|1959|2|3|1941|5|13|mf=y… …
109René Dumont — (March 13, 1904–June 18, 2001) was a French engineer in agronomy, a sociologist, and an environmental politician.He was born in Cambrai, in the north of France. His father was a professor in agriculture and his grandfather was a farmer. He… …
110Louis XV of France — Infobox French Royalty|monarch name=Louis XV title=King of France and Navarre caption=Louis XV by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1730) reign=1 September 1715 ndash; 10 May 1774 coronation=25 October 1722, Reims titles= HM The King HRH The Dauphin of Viennois… …
