Everest, George. 1790-1866. British surveyor of India.

Executive Branch. Department of US government which carries out laws, under supervision of President.

Expressionism. 20C Literary style expressing essence of subject by exaggerating characteristics. Sounds and symbols. Joyce. Kafka. O’Neill. Woolf. Beckman.

Ezzelino III da Ramono. 1194-1259. Cruel ruler of northern Italy. Subject of Dante’s Inferno.

Fabius, Quintus. -203BC. Consul. Saved Rome from Hannibal by delaying battles, allowing army to recover 218-.

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

Family Compact. 1733,43,61. Spanish Bourbons support French wars.

Fashoda Incident. 1898. British/French dispute over Sudan. French renounce claims. Entente Cordiale 1904.

Fawcett, Millicent. 1847-1929. English non-militant feminist. Suffrage.

Fellow Travellers. 1917. Russian writers not actively supporting the revolution. Communist sympathizers who are not party members.

Ferdinand VII. 1784-1833. Spanish King, 1808, 1814-33. Favoured Isabella II to succeed. Carlist Wars led to loss of Spanish power and possessions.

Fermat, Pierre de. 1601-65. French mathematician/jurist. Modern Number Theory. Last Theorem 1631: There does not exist xⁿ+yⁿ=zⁿ for n>2; x,y,z ε N. Proved by Wiles 1995.

Fermi, Enrico. 1901-54. Italian/US atomic physicist. Transuranic elements.

Ferry, Jules. 1832-93. French premier 1880~5. Expanded empire. Compulsory secular education 1882. Dissolved Jesuits.

Festival of the Supreme Being. 8 June 1794. Declared by Robespierre and designed by David.

Féval, Paul. 1817-87. French writer: Bossu.

Fifth Column. 1936. Fascists within besieged Madrid who assisted Franco’s attackers. Term generally applied to subversives since.

Finn MacCool. 3C. Leader of Irish warriors, subject of Fenian legends.

Five Dynasties. 907-60. China between T’ang and Sung dynasties. Upheaval stimulated arts. Art to represent metaphysical truth.

Fizeau, Armand. 1819-96. French physicist. Measured speed of light, 1849.

Foch, Ferdinand. 1851-1929. French Supreme Allied Leader on W Front, 1918. Marne. WWI.

Fontenoy, Battle. 1745. French victory in War of Austrian Succession.

Foster, Stephen. 1826-64. US writer of ballads, minstrel songs. Oh Susanna 1848.

Foujita, Tsuguhara. 1886-1968. Japanese/French painter.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Biblical reference to war, famine, death, and Christ, to come at end of world.

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