Mellon, Andrew. 1855-1937. US financier. Donated art, money to found National Gallery.

Menshikov, Aleksandr. c1672-1729. Ruled Russia for Catherine I.

Michelin, André. 1853-1931. Founded guide book 1900. Brother of Édouard.

National Gallery of Art. (US) 1937. Funded by Mellon.

Neapolitan. 17-18 C School of Music. Elegant, stylized opera, often weak in drama. Scarlatti.

New Orleans, Battle. 1815 Andrew Jackson, unaware, devastates British 2 weeks after War of 1812 ends.

October Revolution. 1917. Bolsheviks, Lenin and Trotsky overthrow Kerensky’s Socialist provisional government in Russian Revolution.

Orcagna, Andrea. 1308-68. Florentine painter and sculptor.

Origen. c185-254. Alexandrian. Sought to justify Christianity in terms of Greek philosophy. On First Principles.

Palladian. Classical Roman British architecture. 1615-35 and 1715-60. Inigo Jones. Palladio.

Palladio, Andrea. 1508-80. Italian architect. Reintroduced Roman symmetry and proportion to Venetian villas. Suspension Bridge 1550. Architecture 1570.

Pappus of Alexandria. Greek mathematician. Collection c340 of Greek works.

Patriarch. Christian bishops with jurisdiction over other bishops. 325 Rome. 692 Antioch. Alexandria, Constantinople, Jerusalem. 1598 Moscow.

Paul of Aegina. c625-90. Alexandrian physician. Compiled medical knowledge to date. 7 vol Epitome.

Perseus. Slew Medusa with gods’ weapons. Married Andromeda.

Pharos. 280BC-13C. Alexandria lighthouse. 135m high. Seven Wonders.

Philo. c20BC-50. Alexandrian Jew. Reconciled Jewish faith with Greek reason.

Pickens, Andrew. 1739-1817. American Revolutionary. Captured Atlanta.

Pisano, Andrea. 1270/90-1348/9. Italian sculptor. Florence Baptistery doors.

Pleiad. c280BC Alexandrian tragic poets.

Popov, Aleksandr. 1859-1905. Russian physicist: radio antenna.

Pretorius, Andries. 1798-1853. Boer leader of Great Trek. Aided in Transvaal independence.

Ptolemy. c140. Alexandrian. First cartographer. Promoted Hipparchus’ geocentric theory of solar system. Copernicus. Columbus studied his Geography.

Ptolemy II. 308-246BC. Egyptian king 285-. Made Alexandria a cultural center. Built Pharos.

Pushkin, Aleksandr. 1799-1837. Russian Romantic writer. Russia’s “Shakespeare”: Boris Gudonov 1825. Eugene Onegin 1823/4. Exiled 1821~6.

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