1) Cousin, Victor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Cousin, Victor, (vektorŽ) (KEY) , 1792-1867, French educational leader and philosopher, founder of the eclectic school. He lectured at the Sorbonne from 1814 until...
2) Berger, Victor Louis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Berger, Victor Louis, 1860-1929, American Socialist leader and Congressman, b. Austria-Hungary. After studying at the universities of Budapest and Vienna, he emigrated...
3) Duruy, Victor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Duruy, Victor, (vektorŽ durueŽ) (KEY) , 1811-94, French historian. He was a professor at Reims and Paris, and as minister of public instruction (1863-69) under Napoleon...
4) Herbert, Victor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, studied at the Stuttgart Conservatory. In 1886 the Metropolitan Opera Company engaged...
5) Schoelcher, Victor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Schoelcher, Victor, (vektorŽ sholsherŽ) (KEY) , 1804-93, French humanitarian and statesman. Long involved in the abolition movement, he presided (1848) over a commission...
6) Grignard, Victor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Grignard, Victor, (vektorŽ grenyarŽ) (KEY) , 1871-1935, French chemist. He shared the 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in organic synthesis based on his...
7) Hugh of Saint Victor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hugh of Saint Victor, 1096-1141, French or German philosopher and theologian, a canon regular of the monastery of St. Victor, Paris, from c.1115. In 1133 he was made...
8) Horta, Victor, Baron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Horta, Victor, Baron, 1861-1947, Belgian architect. The Tassel House in Brussels (1892-93), his first mature work, was the earliest monument of art nouveau. It was...
9) Hess, Victor Francis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hess, Victor Francis, 1883-1964, American physicist, b. Austria, Ph.D. Univ. of Graz, 1906. After teaching at the universities of Graz and Innsbruck, he came to the...
10) Victor Emmanuel II. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Victor Emmanuel II, 1820-78, king of Sardinia (1849-61) and first king of united Italy (1861-78). He fought in the war of 1848-49 against Austrian rule in Lombardy-Venetia...
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