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Albertine fictional character, the mistress of Marcel, narrator of A la recherche du temps perdu (1913-27; Remembrance of Things Past, or In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust. She appears in several volumes of the seven-part novel, notably A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (1919; Within a Budding Grove), ... Albertinelli, Mariotto painter associated with Fra Bartolommeo, and an artist whose style upheld the principles of the High Renaissance in Florence a decade after its leading exponents had moved to Rome. Albertini, Luigi Italian journalist, an early and outspoken opponent of Fascism, who made the Corriere della sera (in Milan) one of the most respected and widely read daily newspapers in Europe. Albertinum museum in Dresden, Ger., displaying fine art and national treasures. It is one of several institutions associated with the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Albertosaurus large carnivorous dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous Period (99.6 million to 65.5 million years ago) found as fossils in North America and eastern Asia. Albertosaurs are an early subgroup of tyrannosaurs, which appear to have evolved from them. Alberts, Bruce American biochemist best known for having served as president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) from 1993 to 2005. Albertus Magnus, Saint Dominican bishop and philosopher best known as a teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas and as a proponent of Aristotelianism at the University of Paris. He established the study of nature as a legitimate science within the Christian tradition. By papal decree in 1941, he was declared the patron saint of ... Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games athletic festival held in Albertville, France, that took place February 8-23, 1992. The Albertville Games were the 16th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. Albery family British family of theatre managers and playwrights whose members helped build the London theatre into a prime tourist attraction. Albi city, capital of Tarn departement, Midi-Pyrenees region, in the Languedoc, southern France. It lies along the Tarn River where the latter leaves the Massif Central for the Garonne Plain, northeast of Toulouse. Albi, or Albiga, was the capital of the Gallo-Roman Albigenses and later of the viscounty of Albigeois, which ... Albian Stage uppermost of six main divisions of the Lower Cretaceous Series, representing rocks deposited worldwide during the Albian Age, which occurred between 112 million and 99.6 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Albian rocks overlie rocks of the Aptian Stage and underlie rocks of the Cenomanian Stage. Albigenses the heretics-especially the Catharist heretics-of 12th-13th-century southern France. (See Cathari.) The name, apparently given to them at the end of the 12th century, is hardly exact, for the movement centred at Toulouse and in nearby districts rather than at Albi (ancient Albiga). The heresy, which had penetrated into these regions ... Albigensian Crusade Crusade (1209-29) called by Pope Innocent III against the Cathari, a dualist religious movement in southern France that the Roman Catholic Church had branded heretical. The war pitted the nobility of staunchly Catholic northern France against that of the south, where the Cathari were tolerated and even enjoyed the support ... albinism (from the Latin albus, meaning "white"), hereditary condition characterized by the absence of pigment in the eyes, skin, hair, scales, or feathers. Albino animals rarely survive in the wild because they lack the pigments that normally provide protective coloration and screen against the sun's ultraviolet rays. Albino colour type of horse, characterized by pink skin and a pure white coat. Unlike some other colour types, which develop as the horse matures, the Albino is born white and remains white throughout life. Albinos conform to riding horse type. They are not true biological albinos, however, as they have ... Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni Italian composer remembered chiefly for his instrumental music. Albinovanus Pedo Roman poet who wrote a Theseid, referred to by his friend the poet Ovid (Epistles from Pontus); epigrams that are commended by the Latin poet Martial; and an epic poem on the military exploits of the Roman general Germanicus Caesar, the emperor Tiberius' adopted son, under whom Pedo probably served. ... Albinus Greek philosopher, a pupil of Gaius and a teacher of Galen, and a forerunner of Neoplatonism. Albinus, Bernard Siegfried German anatomist who was the first to show the connection of the vascular systems of the mother and the fetus. Albinus, Decimus Clodius Septimius Roman general, a candidate for the imperial title in the years 193-197. He represented the aristocracy of the Latin-speaking West, in contrast to Pescennius Niger, candidate of the Greek-speaking East, and to Lucius Septimius Severus, candidate of the army and of the Balkan region. Albion the earliest-known name for the island of Britain. It was used by ancient Greek geographers from the 4th century BC and even earlier, who distinguished "Albion" from Ierne (Ireland) and from smaller members of the British Isles. The Greeks and Romans probably received the name from the Gauls or the ... Albion College private, coeducational institution of higher learning located in Albion, Mich., U.S., 20 miles (30 km) west of Jackson. Albion College, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is a liberal arts college offering bachelor's degrees in the humanities, business, social sciences, natural sciences, and fine arts. It provides study-abroad programs in ... albite common feldspar mineral, a sodium aluminosilicate (NaAlSi3O8) that occurs most widely in pegmatites and felsic igneous rocks such as granites. It may also be found in low-grade metamorphic rocks and as authigenic albite in certain sedimentary varieties. Albite usually forms brittle, glassy crystals that may be colourless, white, yellow, pink, ... Albizia large genus of trees, of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to warm regions of the Old World. The alternate, compound leaves are bipinnate (i.e., the leaflets of the feather-formed leaves, in turn, bear leaflets). The small flowers are borne in globular or finger-shaped clusters. The fruit is a large, strap-shaped ... Albo, Joseph Jewish philosopher and theologian of Spain who is noted for his classic work of Jewish dogmatics, Sefer ha-'iqqarim (1485; "Book of Principles"). Alboin king of the Germanic Lombards whose exceptional military and political skills enabled him to conquer northern Italy. Alboni, Marietta Italian operatic contralto known for her classic Italian bel canto. Alboran Island islet, belonging to Spain, in the western Mediterranean Sea. About 2 miles (3 km) long, Alboran lies roughly midway between Spain to the north and Morocco to the south. It is a station on the Almeria-Melilla undersea cable and is uninhabited except for lighthouse keepers. Alboran is also the name ... Alborg city and port, northern Jutland, Denmark, on the south side of Limfjorden. Alborg has existed since about AD 1000 and is one of the oldest towns in Denmark. Chartered in 1342, it became a bishop's see in 1554. The town recovered slowly from the Count's War (a religious civil war, ... Albornoz, Gil Alvarez Carrillo de Spanish cardinal and jurist who paved the way for the papacy's return to Italy from Avignon, France (where the popes lived from about 1309 to 1377). Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist who was one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his time. His fame attracted many pupils, including Ludwig van Beethoven. Albret Family Gascon family celebrated in French history. The lords (sires) of Albret included warriors, cardinals, and kings of Navarre, reaching the height of their power in the 14th to 16th century. Their name derives from Labrit, a small village on the road from Bordeaux to Dax and Bayonne. The family gradually ... Albright, Ivan American painter noted for his meticulously detailed, exaggeratedly realistic depictions of decay and corruption. Albright, Madeleine Czech-born American public official who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1993-97) and who was the first woman to hold the cabinet post of U.S. secretary of state (1997-2001). Albright, Tenley American figure skater and first American woman to win the world championships (1953) and an Olympic gold medal in figure skating (1956). She was also the first to win the world, North American, and United States titles in a single year (1953). Albright, W.F. American biblical archaeologist and Middle Eastern scholar, noted especially for his excavations of biblical sites. Albright-Knox Art Gallery museum in Buffalo, New York, U.S., that is noted for its collections of contemporary painting and sculpture, including American and European art of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Schools such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Op art, and Minimalism are strongly represented. The gallery also has a permanent collection of ... Albula Alps part of the Rhaetian Alps in eastern Switzerland, lying in Graubunden canton to the north of the resort of Saint Moritz. The mountains extend northeastward from the Splugen Pass (6,932 feet [2,113 m]) to the Fluela Pass (7,818 feet [2,383 m]), and they include the Albula Pass (7,585 feet [2,312 ... Albula Pass mountain pass in the Albula Alps of eastern Switzerland that forms the principal route from northeast Graubunden (Swiss canton), southeastward to the Engadin (valley of the Upper Inn River). The Albula River rises nearby, just north of Saint Moritz, and flows northwestward for 22 miles (35 km) to the Hinterrhein ... album in ancient Rome, a whitened board on which public notices were inscribed in black. The annals compiled by the pontifex maximus (chief priest), the annual edicts of the praetor, the lists of senators and jurors, the Acta diurna (an account of daily events), and other notices were placed on albums. ... Albumazar leading astrologer of the Muslim world, who is known primarily for his theory that the world, created when the seven planets were in conjunction in the first degree of Aries, will come to an end at a like conjunction in the last degree of Pisces. albumen paper light-sensitive paper prepared by coating with albumen, or egg white, and a salt (e.g., ammonium chloride) and sensitized by an aftertreatment with a solution of silver nitrate. The process was introduced by the French photographer Louis-Desire Blanquart-Evrard in about 1850 and was widely used for about 60 years thereafter. Early ... albumin a type of protein that is soluble in water and in water half saturated with a salt such as ammonium sulfate. Serum albumin is a component of blood serum; alpha-lactalbumin is found in milk. Ovalbumin constitutes about 50 percent of the proteins of egg white; conalbumin is also a component. ... Albuquerque city, seat (1883) of Bernalillo county, west-central New Mexico, U.S., located on the Rio Grande opposite a pass between the Sandia and Manzano mountains to the east. The area was the site of Native American pueblos (villages) when Europeans first arrived in 1540. Founded in 1706 by Don Francisco Cuervo ... Albuquerque, Afonso de, the Great Portuguese soldier, conqueror of Goa (1510) in India and of Melaka (1511) on the Malay Peninsula. His program to gain control of all the main maritime trade routes of the East and to build permanent fortresses with settled populations laid the foundations of Portuguese hegemony in the Orient. Albury-Wodonga urban centre comprising twin cities on opposite sides of the Murray River and the New South Wales-Victoria border, Australia. By rail the region is about 398 miles (640 km) southwest of Sydney and nearly 186 miles (299 km) northeast of Melbourne. In 1973 the Commonwealth and the two state governments ... Alcaeus Greek lyric poet whose work was highly esteemed in the ancient world. He lived at the same time and in the same city as the poet Sappho. A collection of Alcaeus's surviving poems in 10 books (now lost) was made by scholars in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 2nd century BCE, ... alcaic classical Greek poetic stanza composed of four lines of varied metrical feet, with five long syllables in the first two lines, four in the third and fourth lines, and an unaccented syllable at the beginning of the first three lines (anacrusis). Alcala de Guadaira city, Sevilla provincia (province), in the Andalusia comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), southwestern Spain. It is just southeast of Sevilla city, on the Guadaira River. The town is popularly known as Alcala de los Panaderos (Alcala of the Bakers) because of its large number of bakeries and flour mills, which supply ... Alcala de Henares city, Madrid provincia (province) and comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), central Spain. Known under the Romans as Complutum, the city was destroyed in AD 1000 and rebuilt in 1038 by the Moors, who called it Al-Qal'ah al-Nahr. It was reconquered in 1088 by Alfonso VI and granted with the surrounding lands ... Alcala Zamora, Niceto Spanish statesman, prime minister, and president of the Second Republic (1931-36), whose attempts to moderate the policies of the various factions led eventually to his deposition and exile.