Henry Cowell was an American composer who, along with Charles Ives, was among the most innovative American composers of the 20th century. Cowell grew up in poverty in San Francisco and on family farms in Kansas, Iowa, and Oklahoma. He acquired a piano at age 14, and the following year he gave a

Simon Cowell is an English entrepreneur, recording executive, and television producer and personality known for his pointed criticism of contestants on such shows as Pop Idol and its American spin-off, American Idol. After leaving school at age 16, Cowell was hired to work in the mail room at EMI

Simon Cowell is an English entrepreneur, recording executive, and television producer and personality known for his pointed criticism of contestants on such shows as Pop Idol and its American spin-off, American Idol. After leaving school at age 16, Cowell was hired to work in the mail room at EMI

Brian Cowen is an Irish politician who was tánaiste (deputy prime minister) of Ireland (2007–08), leader of Fianna Fáil (2008–11), and taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland (2008–11). Cowen was exposed to politics at a young age. His grandfather was a councillor in the Fianna Fáil party, and his

Slushball Earth hypothesis: …hypothesis, developed by American geologist Richard Cowen, contends that Earth was not completely frozen over during periods of extreme glaciation in Precambrian times. Rather, in addition to massive ice sheets covering the continents, parts of the planet (especially ocean areas near the Equator) could have been draped only by a…

Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen was a conductor, pianist, and composer who was widely regarded as one of the most versatile British musicians of his time. Cowen exhibited his musical talent at an early age, and as a result his parents took him to England at age four to begin a musical apprenticeship. In

Boston Celtics: …a key contributor, along with Dave Cowens, Paul Silas, and Jo Jo White, on teams coached by Heinsohn that won titles in 1973–74 and 1975–76. The second of those championships included a dramatic triple-overtime victory over the Phoenix Suns in game five of the finals. In 1978 the Celtics were…

Cowes, town (parish) at the northern extremity of the Isle of Wight, historic county of Hampshire, southern England, 11 miles (18 km) south of Southampton. The estuary of the River Medina separates East Cowes and Cowes. Cowes Castle (1540) was built for coastal defense by Henry VIII; it has been

Cowes: Cowes Castle (1540) was built for coastal defense by Henry VIII; it has been the headquarters of the Royal Yacht Squadron (founded 1815) since 1856. Nearby Osborne House became the seaside residence of Queen Victoria in 1845, and she died there in 1901. Annual sailing…

boxfish, any of a small group of shallow-water marine fishes of the family Ostraciontidae (or Ostraciidae), distinguished by a hard, boxlike, protective carapace covering most of the body. The alternative name cowfish refers to the hornlike projections on the heads of some species. The members of

Jacksonville, city, seat (1822) of Duval county, northeastern Florida, U.S., the centre of Florida’s “First Coast” region. It lies along the St. Johns River near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Georgia border. Jacksonville consolidated (1968) with most of Duval

Pittsburgh Steelers: Bill Cowher era: Noll was replaced by Bill Cowher, who led the Steelers to the playoffs in 10 of his 15 seasons with the team. One of Cowher’s most significant personnel moves was his promotion of secondary coach Dick LeBeau to the position of defensive coordinator in 1995: in his two stints…

Bartolomeu Dias: The voyage: …day it was) or the Bay of Cowherds, from the people he found there. Dias’s black companions were unable to understand those people, who fled but later returned to attack the Portuguese. The expedition went on to Angra da Roca (present-day Algoa Bay). The crew was unwilling to continue, and…

cowl, hooded cloak worn by monks, usually the same colour as the habit of the order. Originally a common outer garment worn by both men and women, it was prescribed by St. Benedict for the monks of his order (c. 530). In addition to the typical garment, the separate hood worn by Augustinians, the

fluid mechanics: Drag: The cowls that are often fitted to the leading edges of aircraft wings have a similar purpose. In Figure 17C, the obstacle is equipped with an internal device—a pump of some sort—which prevents the accumulation of boundary-layer fluid that would otherwise lead to separation by sucking…

Jane Cowl was a highly successful American playwright and actress of the first half of the 20th century. Grace Bailey attended Erasmus Hall (1902–04), during which time she made her acting debut in New York City at the theatre of her mentor, David Belasco, in Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1903). She

Tjalling C. Koopmans: In 1944 Koopmans joined the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics at the University of Chicago, where he extended his technique to a wide variety of economic problems. When the commission was relocated to Yale University in 1955, Koopmans moved with it, becoming professor of economics at Yale. He wrote…

Cowles family, publishing family known for Look and other mass magazines popular in the mid-20th century and for the newspapers it developed in two important regions of the United States. John Cowles (b. December 14, 1898, Algona, Iowa, U.S.—d. February 25, 1983, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was the son

Cowles family: Fleur Fenton Cowles (b. January 20, 1908, New York City, New York, U.S.—d. June 5, 2009, Sussex, England) was married to Gardner Cowles, Jr., from 1946 to 1956, and during the marriage she was active in the affairs of Cowles Publications. She had previously been…

Cowles family: Gardner Cowles, Jr., called Mike (b. January 31, 1903, Algona, Iowa, U.S.—d. July 8, 1985, Southampton, New York), followed his brother John to Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, where he edited the Harvard Crimson. Upon his graduation in 1925, he went home to Des…

The Des Moines Register: In the following year Gardner Cowles, Sr., bought the paper, and in 1908 he purchased an evening daily, the Des Moines Tribune (1906). Publication of both papers—the morning Register and the evening Tribune, each with a separate editorial staff—continued under the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company. By 1927…

Henry Chandler Cowles was an American botanist, ecologist, and educator who influenced the early study of plant communities, particularly the process of plant succession, which later became a fundamental tenet of modern ecology, Cowles was born into a farming family and developed an interest in

Jane Cowl was a highly successful American playwright and actress of the first half of the 20th century. Grace Bailey attended Erasmus Hall (1902–04), during which time she made her acting debut in New York City at the theatre of her mentor, David Belasco, in Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1903). She

Cowles family: John Cowles (b. December 14, 1898, Algona, Iowa, U.S.—d. February 25, 1983, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was the son of Gardner Cowles, Sr., a small-town banker who bought the Des Moines Register and Leader, the weakest of three daily papers in the Iowa metropolis. John attended Phillips…

Cowles family: Gardner Cowles, Jr., called Mike (b. January 31, 1903, Algona, Iowa, U.S.—d. July 8, 1985, Southampton, New York), followed his brother John to Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, where he edited the Harvard Crimson. Upon his graduation in 1925, he went home to Des…

Abraham Cowley was a poet and essayist who wrote poetry of a fanciful, decorous nature. He also adapted the Pindaric ode to English verse. Educated at Westminster school and the University of Cambridge, where he became a fellow, he was ejected in 1643 by the Parliament during the Civil War and

Malcolm Cowley was an American literary critic and social historian who chronicled the writers of the “Lost Generation” of the 1920s and their successors. As literary editor of The New Republic from 1929 to 1944, with a generally leftist position on cultural questions, he played a significant part

WeWork: At its height in 2019, coworking company WeWork managed more leased office space than any other company in New York City and London. It was valued at $47 billion and bankrolled primarily by SoftBank, a Japanese technology-focused investment giant. Less than a year later, WeWork’s valuation plummeted to $8 billion.…

cowpea, (Vigna unguiculata), annual plant within the pea family (Fabaceae) grown for its edible legumes. The plants are thought to be native to West Africa and are widely cultivated in warm regions around the world. In addition to their use as a protein-rich food crop, cowpeas are extensively grown

Battle of Cowpens, battle in the American Revolution fought on January 17, 1781, a brilliant American victory over a British force on the northern border of South Carolina that slowed General Charles Cornwallis’s campaign to invade North Carolina. British casualties were estimated at about 600,

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper was an English lawyer and a leading Whig politician who was the first lord high chancellor of Great Britain. The elder son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, he was educated at St. Albans School and was called to the bar in 1688. Having promptly given his allegiance

bulbourethral gland, either of two pea-shaped glands in the male, located beneath the prostate gland at the beginning of the internal portion of the penis; they add fluids to semen during the process of ejaculation (q.v.). The glands, which measure only about 1 cm (0.4 inch) in diameter, have ducts

William Cowper was one of the most widely read English poets of his day, whose most characteristic work, as in The Task or the melodious short lyric “The Poplar Trees,” brought a new directness to 18th-century nature poetry. Cowper wrote of the joys and sorrows of everyday life and was content to

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper was an English lawyer and a leading Whig politician who was the first lord high chancellor of Great Britain. The elder son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, he was educated at St. Albans School and was called to the bar in 1688. Having promptly given his allegiance

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper was an English lawyer and a leading Whig politician who was the first lord high chancellor of Great Britain. The elder son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, he was educated at St. Albans School and was called to the bar in 1688. Having promptly given his allegiance

cowpox, uncommon mildly eruptive disease of animals, first observed in cows and occurring particularly in cats, that when transmitted to otherwise healthy humans produces immunity to smallpox. The cowpox virus is closely related to variola, the causative virus of smallpox. The word vaccinia is

smallpox vaccine: …used the cowpox virus (vaccinia) to confer protection against smallpox in humans. Prior to that use, however, the principle of vaccination had been applied by Asian physicians who gave children dried crusts from the lesions of people suffering from smallpox to protect against the disease. While some developed immunity,…

cowboy, in the western United States, a horseman skilled at handling cattle, an indispensable laborer in the cattle industry of the trans-Mississippi west, and a romantic figure in American folklore. Pioneers from the United States encountered Mexican vaqueros (Spanish, literally, “cowboys”;

Cowra, town, east-central New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Lachlan River, in the Western Slopes region. Cowra was founded in 1846 and derived its name from an Aboriginal word meaning “the rocks.” It was proclaimed a town in 1849 and became a municipality in 1888. It is linked to Sydney

Cowra breakout, (August 5, 1944), mass escape by nearly 400 Japanese prisoners of war from a prison camp in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. It was the largest prison break staged during World War II. The town of Cowra in east-central New South Wales was the site of one of the largest prisoner of

cowrie, any of several marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) comprising the genus Cypraea, family Cypraeidae. The humped, thick shell is beautifully coloured (often speckled) and glossy; the apertural lips, which open into the first whorl in the shell, are inrolled and may

marsh marigold, (Caltha palustris), perennial herbaceous plant of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) native to wetlands in Europe and North America. It is grown in boggy wild gardens. The stem of a marsh marigold is hollow, and the leaves are kidney-shaped, heart-shaped, or round. The glossy

Cox’s Bazar, town, southeastern Bangladesh. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal about 60 miles (100 km) south of Chittagong. The town, constituted a municipality in 1869, was named for Hiram Cox, who supervised the settlement there of Arakanese refugees from conquest by Myanmar (Burma) in 1799.

oceanic crust: Marine magnetic anomalies: Simultaneously, Alan Cox and several other American geophysicists documented evidence that Earth’s magnetic field had reversed in the past: the north magnetic pole had been the south magnetic pole about 700,000 years ago, and there were reasons to believe older reversals existed. Also at this time,…

Courtney Love: …an actress, appearing in two Alex Cox films, Sid and Nancy (1986) and Straight to Hell (1987). During this time, Love formed the band Sugar Baby Doll with Kat Bjelland and developed her signature style of baby doll dresses, ripped stockings, and smeared makeup. Following a brief stint playing bass…

Richard Nixon: Watergate and other scandals: …the tapes were subpoenaed by Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the Watergate affair, Nixon refused to comply, offering to provide summary transcripts instead. Cox rejected the offer. Then, in a series of episodes that came to be known as the Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon ordered Attorney General…

Betty Davis: The New York years: Wayne Shorter, Mitch Mitchell, and Billy Cox. The tracks from the recording sessions were eventually released in 2016, as The Columbia Years 1968–1969. Betty Davis also came up with the name for Miles Davis’s groundbreaking album Bitches Brew, released in 1970.

Toronto Blue Jays: …to the hiring of manager Bobby Cox in 1982. Cox guided the “Jays” (as the team is sometimes known by its fans) to their first winning season in 1983—the beginning of an 11-year streak of seasons with a record over .500—and a franchise-record 99 wins and a division title in…

Brian Cox is a Scottish actor best known for playing the tyrannical media mogul Logan Roy in the comedy-drama television series Succession (2018–23). He is also known for portraying Nazi Party leader Hermann Göring in the historical drama miniseries Nuremberg (2000). Cox has had a long career in

Brian Cox is a Scottish actor best known for playing the tyrannical media mogul Logan Roy in the comedy-drama television series Succession (2018–23). He is also known for portraying Nazi Party leader Hermann Göring in the historical drama miniseries Nuremberg (2000). Cox has had a long career in

Friends: …show, Monica Geller (played by Courteney Cox) is a chef who often changes jobs and boyfriends in her search for the perfect match. Her brother, Ross (David Schwimmer), is a paleontologist and divorcé (three times over by the end of the series) with a child. He has a long-standing crush…

William Francis Gibbs: …partnership with the yacht designer Daniel Hargate Cox, and in 1933 they began to design destroyers for the U.S. Navy, developing a high-pressure, high-temperature steam turbine of great efficiency. In 1940 Gibbs undertook the design of a cargo ship suitable for mass-production manufacture. Breaking completely with shipbuilding custom, he proved…

David Cox was a British statistician best known for his proportional hazards model. Cox studied at St. John’s College, Cambridge, and from 1944 to 1946 he worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. From 1946 to 1950 he worked at the Wool Industries Research Association of Science

United Kingdom: Objections to the Irish backstop and a challenge to May’s leadership: …publish in full Attorney General Geoffrey Cox’s legal advice for the government on the Brexit agreement, which had initially been reported to Parliament in overview only. According to Cox, without agreement between Britain and the EU, the terms of the backstop plan could endure “indefinitely,” with the U.K. legally blocked…

Jacob Dolson Cox was a U.S. political leader who became one of the great “civilian” Union generals during the American Civil War and one of the country’s foremost military historians. After dipping into the fields of theology and education, Cox was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1853 and served in the

James M. Cox was an American newspaper publisher and reformist governor of Ohio who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president on the Democratic ticket in 1920. After spending his early years as a country schoolteacher, Cox worked as a reporter on The Cincinnati Enquirer. In 1898 he bought the Dayton

James M. Cox was an American newspaper publisher and reformist governor of Ohio who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president on the Democratic ticket in 1920. After spending his early years as a country schoolteacher, Cox worked as a reporter on The Cincinnati Enquirer. In 1898 he bought the Dayton

Kenyon Cox was an American painter and critic, known for his murals and decorative work. Cox was a pupil of Carolus Duran and of J.L. Gérôme in Paris from 1877 to 1882, when he returned to New York City, subsequently teaching with much success in the Art Students’ League. Among the better-known

Laverne Cox is an American actress and activist who achieved a number of “firsts” as an openly transgender woman in the entertainment industry. She notably was the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category (in 2014 for Orange Is the New Black),

Richard Cox was an Anglican bishop of Ely and a leading advocate in England of the Protestant Reformation. Appointed dean of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1547, Cox was made dean of Westminster Abbey two years later. He had an important share in drawing up the Anglican prayer books of 1549 and 1552. As

droll: Robert Cox was the leading performer of drolls, and his repertoire included “The Merry Conceits of Bottom the Weaver” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and “The Bouncing Knight, or The Robbers Rob’d” from Henry IV, Part I. Other subjects of drolls were Falstaff, the grave-diggers’…

eschatology: Later progressive millennialism: …Presbyterian minister of the 1840s, Samuel H. Cox, told an English audience that "in America, the state of society is without parallel in universal history.…I really believe that God has got America within anchorage, and that upon that arena, He intends to display his prodigies for the millennium." The Social…

David Cox was a British statistician best known for his proportional hazards model. Cox studied at St. John’s College, Cambridge, and from 1944 to 1946 he worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. From 1946 to 1950 he worked at the Wool Industries Research Association of Science

Sir Percy Cox was a diplomat who was especially important in the development of independent Iraq from a British mandated territory after World War I. Interpreting the mandate favourably to Iraqi interests, he oversaw the transition from a provisional and largely military regime to a national

Sir Percy Cox was a diplomat who was especially important in the development of independent Iraq from a British mandated territory after World War I. Interpreting the mandate favourably to Iraqi interests, he oversaw the transition from a provisional and largely military regime to a national

Assassination of Charlie Kirk: The shooting and the manhunt: …been announced, Utah’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, said that a person of interest was in custody. The first statement was simply wrong; the person of interest Cox referenced would later be released.

Encyclopædia Britannica: Twelfth edition: The publisher was William J. Cox, Hooper’s brother-in-law, who, together with Hooper’s widow, bought back the ownership of the encyclopaedia from Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1923.

William Trevor was an Irish writer who was noted for his wry and often macabre short stories and novels. In 1950 Trevor graduated from Trinity College Dublin, and he subsequently began teaching in Northern Ireland and working as a sculptor. In 1954 he moved to England, where he initially taught

antiplatelet drug: …(NSAIDs) inhibit an enzyme (cyclooxygenase) involved in the production of thromboxane A2 in platelets and of prostacyclin in the endothelial cells that line the heart cavities and walls of the blood vessels. Cyclooxygenase is synthesized by endothelial cells but not by platelets. The goal of NSAID therapy is to…

avascular necrosis: Other risk factors: …head, which is known as Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, and the second is osteonecrosis occurring in children, which is associated with a slipped capital femoral epiphysis.

coxal gland, in certain arthropods, one of a pair of excretory organs consisting of an end sac where initial urine is collected, a tubule where secretion and reabsorption may take place, and an excretory pore at the base (coxa) of one of the legs. Variations among the species include highly

Mexico: Pre-Columbian Mexico: …El Riego (7000–5000 bc) and Coxcatlán (5000–3400 bc) phases of this sequence, the inhabitants of the Tehuacán Valley were probably seasonal nomads who divided their time between small hunting encampments and larger temporary villages, which were used as bases for collecting plants such as various grasses and maguey and cactus…

hard-boiled fiction: …of the hard-boiled school are George Harmon Coxe, author of such thrillers as Murder with Pictures (1935; film 1936) and Eye Witness (1950), and W.R. Burnett, who wrote Little Caesar (1929; film 1931) and The Asphalt Jungle (1949; film 1950).

Roatán, town, northern Honduras, on the southwestern coast of Roatán, largest of the Bay Islands; it is known locally as Coxen’s Hole. Remains of 17th-century pirates’ fortifications can still be seen; it was from Roatán that the filibuster William Walker set sail on his third and last voyage from

H.S.M. Coxeter was a British-born Canadian geometer, who was a leader in the understanding of non-Euclidean geometries, reflection patterns, and polytopes (higher-dimensional analogs of three-dimensional polyhedra). Coxeter’s work served as an inspiration for R. Buckminster Fuller’s concept of the

H.S.M. Coxeter was a British-born Canadian geometer, who was a leader in the understanding of non-Euclidean geometries, reflection patterns, and polytopes (higher-dimensional analogs of three-dimensional polyhedra). Coxeter’s work served as an inspiration for R. Buckminster Fuller’s concept of the

Coxey’s Army, a group of the unemployed who marched to Washington, D.C., in the depression year of 1894. It was the only one of several groups that had set out for the U.S. capital to actually reach its destination. Led by Jacob S. Coxey, a businessman, the group left Massillon, Ohio, on March 25,

Coxey’s Army: Led by Jacob S. Coxey, a businessman, the group left Massillon, Ohio, on March 25, 1894, with about 100 men, accompanied by a large contingent of reporters, and arrived in Washington on May 1 with about 500. Coxey hoped to persuade Congress to authorize a vast program…

Q fever: …disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii. Q fever spreads rapidly in cows, sheep, and goats, and in humans it tends to occur in localized outbreaks. The clinical symptoms are those of fever, chills, severe headache, and pneumonia. The disease is usually mild, and complications are rare. Treatment with

Zheng Chenggong was a pirate leader of Ming forces against the Manchu conquerors of China, best known for establishing Chinese control over Taiwan. Zheng Chenggong was born in a small Japanese coastal town to a Japanese mother and a Chinese father, Zheng Zhilong, a maritime adventurer who made a

Purus River, river that rises in several headwaters in southern Ucayali department, Peru. It flows in a generally northeasterly direction through the rainforests of Peru and Acre state, Brazil. Entering Amazonas state, Brazil, the Purus meanders sluggishly northward, eastward, and northeastward to

John Gould: …by his wife, the former Elizabeth Coxon, whose artistic talents were to enhance many of his works until her death in 1841. The five-volume Birds of Europe (1832–37) and Monograph of the Ramphastidae (Toucans) (1834) were so successful that the Goulds were able to spend two years (1838–40) in Australia,…

muscle disease: Inflammatory myopathies: …which is caused by the Coxsackie virus. Affected persons recover completely after a brief period of intense muscular pain and fever.

rowing: History: …pairs, there is also a coxswain, who sits at the stern, steers, calls the stroke, and generally directs the strategy of the race. Rowing events in the Olympic Games have been held for men since 1900 and for women since 1976.

Chosen Women: …by a high priestess, the Coya Pasca, a noblewoman who was believed to be the earthly consort of the sun god. The Virgins, not of noble birth, were village girls selected by officials for their beauty and talent; they were chosen at the age of 8 or 10 and shut…

Pijao, Indian people of the southern highlands of Colombia. By the mid-20th century the Pijao were thought to be extinct; however, in the 1990s, having made a successful argument for “cultural reignition,” they were officially recognized by the Colombian government as an indigenous people.

coydog, hybrid of the domestic dog with the coyote

Coyoacán, delegación (administrative subdivision), central Federal District, central Mexico. It is a large residential area south of central Mexico City, on the La Magdalena River (now channeled underground). Coyoacán was built on the site of a pre-Columbian settlement from which the Spanish

COYOTE, a prostitutes’ rights organization founded in San Francisco in 1973 by ex-prostitute Margo St. James. As part of a shift in the thinking surrounding sex work during the early 1970s, organizations such as COYOTE formed to advocate for prostitutes’ rights and to give voice to the prostitute’s

Coyote, in the mythology and folklore of the North American Plains, California, and Southwest Indians, the chief animal of the age before humans. Coyote’s exploits as a creator, lover, magician, glutton, and trickster are celebrated in a vast number of oral tales (see trickster tale). He was

coyote, (Canis latrans), New World member of the dog family (Canidae) that is smaller and more lightly built than the wolf (Canis lupus). The coyote, whose name is derived from the Aztec coyotl, is found from Alaska southward into Central America but especially on the Great Plains. Historically,

Fremont: Coyote Hills Regional Park, a 1,000-acre (400-hectare) wildlife sanctuary, contains ancient Indian shell mounds and a restored Indian village. Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge is adjacent. Inc. 1956. Pop. (2010) 214,089; Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metro Division, 2,559,296; San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont Metro Area, 4,335,391; (2020) 230,504;…

Tyra Banks: Television shows: …expand her career, appearing in Coyote Ugly (2000), a rowdy coming-of-age feature film, and releasing a music single, “Shake Ya Body” (2004), which garnered little attention.

coyotillo, (Karwinskia humboldtiana), woody shrub of the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae) that is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It grows about 1–7 m (3–23 feet) tall and has opposite, oval leaves 2.5–7.5 cm (1–3 inches) long. The small, greenish flowers, which grow in

Antoine Coypel was a French painter who was an important influence in encouraging the Baroque style in French art. Coypel was an artistic prodigy. At the age of 11 he went to Rome with his father, Noël Coypel, who was appointed director of the French Academy there. After three years in Rome,

Charles-Antoine Coypel was a French painter and engraver whose major achievements were in teaching and in the administration at the Royal Academy, where he served as director with zeal and distinction. Coypel’s first teacher was his father, Antoine, whose somewhat stiff artistic style he

Noël Coypel was a French Baroque historical painter who was the founding member of a dynasty of painters and designers employed by the French court during the late 17th and 18th centuries. Made an academician in 1663, Coypel served as director of the French Academy in Rome from 1672 to 1676, and in

nutria, (Myocastor coypus), a large amphibious South American rodent with webbed hind feet. The nutria has a robust body, short limbs, small eyes and ears, long whiskers, and a cylindrical, scaly tail. It can weigh up to 17 kg (37.5 pounds), although 5 to 10 kg is usual; the body measures up to 70

Antoine Coysevox was a French sculptor known for his decorative work at the palace of Versailles and for his portrait busts, which introduced a trend toward the sharpened depiction of individual character. Of Spanish descent, Coysevox became a sculptor to King Louis XIV in 1666 and by 1679 was

Volcher Coiter was a physician who established the study of comparative osteology and first described cerebrospinal meningitis. Through a grant from Groningen, he studied in Italy and France and was a pupil of Fallopius, Eustachius, Arantius, and Rondelet. He became city physician of Nürnberg