(n)Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190), Syn.Frederick Barbarossa, Barbarossa

frederick ii

(n)king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786), Syn.Frederick the Great

frederick ii

(n)the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250), Syn.Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II

fredericksburg

(n)a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River

fredericksburg

(n)an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee, Syn.Battle of Fredericksburg

frederick william

(n)the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688), Syn.Great Elector

frederick william i

(n)son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740)

frederick william ii

(n)king of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797)

frederick william iii

(n)king of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840)

frederick william iv

(n)king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865)

fredericton

(n)the provincial capital of New Brunswick

ashton

(n)British choreographer (1906-1988), Syn.Sir Frederick Ashton

banting

(n)Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941), Syn.F. G. Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Banting

bartholdi

(n)French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor, Syn.Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

chopin

(n)French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849), Syn.Frederic Francois Chopin

cody

(n)United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917), Syn.William Frederick Cody, Buffalo Bill, William F. Cody, Buffalo Bill Cody

cuvier

(n)French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832), Syn.Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier

delius

(n)English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934), Syn.Frederick Delius

douglass

(n)United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895), Syn.Frederick Douglass

furnivall

(n)English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910), Syn.Frederick James Furnivall

garcia lorca

(n)Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936), Syn.Frederico Garcia Lorca, Lorca

goudy

(n)United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947), Syn.Frederic William Goudy, Frederic Goudy

handel

(n)a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759), Syn.Georg Friedrich Handel, George Frideric Handel, George Frederick Handel

hassam

(n)United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935), Syn.Childe Hassam, Frederick Childe Hassam

herschel

(n)English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871), Syn.John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel

herschel

(n)English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822), Syn.William Herschel, Sir William Herschel, Sir Frederick William Herschel

hopkins

(n)English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947), Syn.Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

joliot

(n)French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958), Syn.Jean-Frederic Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie, Joliot-Curie

lewis

(n)United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961), Syn.Frederick Carleton Lewis, Carl Lewis

loewe

(n)United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987), Syn.Frederick Loewe

maitland

(n)English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906), Syn.Frederic William Maitland

massenet

(n)French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912), Syn.Jules Emile Frederic Massenet

menninger

(n)United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953), Syn.Charles Menninger, Charles Frederick Menninger

north

(n)British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792), Syn.Second Earl of Guilford, Frederick North

olmsted

(n)United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903), Syn.Frederick Law Olmsted

page

(n)English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962), Syn.Sir Frederick Handley Page

parrish

(n)United States painter (1870-1966), Syn.Maxfield Parrish, Maxfield Frederick Parrish

sanger

(n)English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918), Syn.Frederick Sanger, Fred Sanger

skinner

(n)United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990), Syn.Fred Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner, B. F. Skinner

soddy

(n)English chemist whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes (1877-1956), Syn.Frederick Soddy

turner

(n)United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951), Syn.Frederick Jackson Turner

vinson

(n)United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953), Syn.Frederick Moore Vinson

wilkins

(n)English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004), Syn.Maurice Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

worth

(n)French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895), Syn.Charles Frederick Worth

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