Enlightenment. 17-18C. Intellectual movement. Rationalism, natural laws vs dogma, authority. J-J Rousseau. Smith. Mendlessohn. Fontenelle. Voltaire. Montesquieu. Hume. Berkeley. Sturm und Drang.

Erastus, Thomas. 1524-83. Swiss theologian. Advocated complete domination of state over church.

Expressionism. 20C Simplified style of modern art expressing emotions with color and distortion. Munch. Toulouse-Lautrec. Van Gogh. Gauguin. Roualt.

Fabre, Henri. 1823-1915. French entomologist: Souvenirs entomologiques.

Fair Deal. 1945,9. Truman’s program for jobs, housing, social insurance in US.

Faust(us). c1540 German necromancer/astrologer who is said to have sold his soul to the devil. Goethe, Marlowe tragedies.

Fénelon, François. 1651-1715. French theologian. Quietism 1696. Telemachus 1698.

Festus, Sextus. 2C. Roman lexicographer. On the Meaning of Words.

Ficino, Marsilio. 1433-99. Italian philosopher. Translated Greek classics to Latin. Theologia Platonicum 1482.

Food and Agriculture Organization. 1945- UN agency. Administers World Food Program.

Fowler, H.W. 1858-1933. English lexicographer. Dictionary of Modern English Usage 1926.

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

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

Galileo Galilei. 1564-1642. Italian physicist. Planetary motion. Thermometer 1592. Acceleration of falling bodies 1604. Astronomical telescope 1609. Sunspots 1610. Arrested for heliocentricity, 1632. Rehabilitated by Vatican 1992. Copernicus.

Gall, Franz. 1758-1828. Phrenology founder 1770.

Galvani, Luigi. 1737-98. Italian physiologist. Electrical stimulation of frog’s legs 1780.

Gascogne. Armagnac.

Gates, Horatio. c1728-1806. American Revolution general at Saratoga. Conway Cabal.

Gaullists. 1947-76. Supporters of DeGaulle’s programs. 1976. RPR.

Gay-Lussac, Louis. 1778-1850. French chemist. Laws of combining gases, 1804. Meteorology.

Gempei War. 1180-5. Japanese civil war. Established Kamakura shogunate.

Geneva Protocol. 1924. League of Nations. Prohibits chemical and bacteriological warfare.

George, Henry. 1839-97. US economist. Progress and Poverty 1879, influenced British socialism.

Gestalt. 1912. Psychological school of perception as an integrated whole.

Ghana. 1957 Gold Coast + British Togoland =Ghana. 1960 Republic. 1981 Dictator.

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