12) Hanson, Duane. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hanson, Duane, 1925-96, American sculptor, b. Alexandria, Minn. A member of the superrealist movement of the late 1960s and early 70s, Hanson produced life-sized...

13) Basilides. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Basilides, (bsil´idez) (KEY) , fl. 120-145, Gnostic teacher of Alexandria. He wrote Exegitica (his personal gospel with 24 books of commentary) and poems. He claimed...

14) Bontemps, Arna. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bontemps, Arna, 1902-73, African-American writer, b. Alexandria, La. He is best remembered as the author of the novel God Sends Sunday (1931), the basis of the play...

15) Athanasius, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Athanasius, Saint, (athna´zhs) (KEY) , c.297-373, patriarch of Alexandria (328-73), Doctor of the Church, great champion of orthodoxy during the Arian crisis of the...

16) Hess, Rudolf. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hess, Rudolf, 1894-1987, German National Socialist leader, b. Alexandria, Egypt; son of a German merchant. In 1920 he became an ardent follower of Adolf Hitler and...

17) Hero, Greek mathematician. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hero, Greek mathematician, Greek mathematician: see Heron of Alexandria....

18) Proclus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Proclus, (pro´kls) (KEY) , 410?-485, Neoplatonic philosopher, b. Constantinople. He studied at Alexandria and at Athens, where he was a pupil of the Platonist Syrianus,...

19) Appian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Appian, (ap´en) (KEY) , fl. 2d cent., Roman historian. He was a Greek, born in Alexandria. He held various offices in Alexandria, was an advocate in Rome, and then...

20) Pleiad. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pleiad, (ple´ad) (KEY) [from Pleiades], group of seven tragic poets of Alexandria who flourished c.280 B.C. under Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Of the works of the men...