- May, Thomas by Dylan Edwards
1595–1650, English author, b. Sussex, grad. Cambridge, 1612. Besides writing several tragedies on classical subjects, he wrote two comedies, The Heir. (1620) and The Old Couple. (c.1620). He made translations of Lucan's Pharsalia (1626–27) and Vergil's Georgics (1628) and wrote two historical poems on the reigns of Henry II (1633) and Edward III (1635). An ardent Puritan, he was secretary to ...
- SPS by Dictionary of Computing
Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620.
- De la Gardie, Jacob by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born June 20, 1583, in Tallinn; died Aug. 12, 1652, in Stockholm. Swedish count, military leader and politician; marshal (1620).De la Gardie was a member of a Swedish military family of French origin and was a big feudal magnate. He headed the Swedish auxiliary detachment that came to Novgorod in 1609 in accord with the Russo-Swedish Treaty to provide aid to the government of V. I. Shuiskii ...
- Petr Kononovich Sagaidachnyi by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... also P. K. Ko-nashevich-Sagaidachnyi). Year of birth unknown; born in the village of Kul’chitsy, now in Sambor Raion, L’vov Oblast; died Apr. 20 (30), 1622, in Kiev. Ukrainian political figure and military commander, hetman of the registered cossacks.Sagaidachnyi was of noble ( szlachtd ) origin. He fought in and led campaigns of the Ukrainian ...
- Petr Sagaidachnyi by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... also P. K. Ko-nashevich-Sagaidachnyi). Year of birth unknown; born in the village of Kul’chitsy, now in Sambor Raion, L’vov Oblast; died Apr. 20 (30), 1622, in Kiev. Ukrainian political figure and military commander, hetman of the registered cossacks.Sagaidachnyi was of noble ( szlachtd ) origin. He fought in and led campaigns of the Ukrainian ...