- Chao’an (China)
Chaozhou, city, eastern Guangdong sheng (province), China. It is located at the head of the delta of the Han River, some 25 miles (40 km) north of Shantou (Swatow). Chaozhou—having good communications with northern Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces via the Han River system—has been an
- Chao, Elaine (United States official)
Mitch McConnell: Personal life: He later wed (1993) Elaine Chao, who subsequently served as secretary of labor under Pres. George W. Bush and secretary of transportation under Pres. Donald Trump.
- Chao, Manu (French musician)
Amadou and Mariam: …in earnest when French singer Manu Chao began working with the duo. He not only produced Dimanche à Bamako (2005) but also cowrote and sang on some of the songs, adding his slinky, rhythmic style to the duo’s rousing blend of African R&B. The result was a crossover success that…
- Chao-ch’ing (China)
Zhaoqing, city, western Guangdong sheng (province), China. It lies on the north bank of the Xi River, 50 miles (80 km) west of the provincial capital of Guangzhou (Canton), just above the famous Lingyang Gorge, commanding the river route to Guangzhou. Zhaoqing is an ancient city. A county town was
- Chao-hui (Chinese general)
Zhaohui was a famous Qing dynasty general who played a prominent part in the conquest of East Turkistan (now Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China). A member of the imperial family, Zhaohui volunteered to lead an expedition against the western Mongols, whose continued history of usurpations,
- Chaobai He (river, China)
Chaobai River, river in Hebei province and Beijing and Tianjin municipalities, northern China. The Chaobai originates in metropolitan Beijing at the confluence of its two main tributaries, the Chao and Bai ("White") rivers, about 2 miles (3 km) south of the town of Miyun and 10 miles (16 km) south
- Chaobai River (river, China)
Chaobai River, river in Hebei province and Beijing and Tianjin municipalities, northern China. The Chaobai originates in metropolitan Beijing at the confluence of its two main tributaries, the Chao and Bai ("White") rivers, about 2 miles (3 km) south of the town of Miyun and 10 miles (16 km) south
- Chaoboridae (insect)
phantom midge, any insect of the family Chaoboridae (order Diptera), similar in appearance to the mosquito. The common name is derived from the fact that the larvae are almost transparent. Their antennae are modified into grasping organs. The larvae, found in pools, often feed on mosquito larvae.
- chaofu (Chinese ceremonial robe)
dress: China: …by the Manchus was the chaofu, designed to be worn only at great state sacrifices and at the most important court functions. Men’s chaofu had a kimono-style upper body, with long, close-fitting sleeves that terminated in the “horsehoof” cuff introduced by the Manchus, and a closely fitted neckband over which…
- Chaos (novel by Cornwell)
Patricia Cornwell: Bone Bed (2012), Dust (2013), Chaos (2016), and Autopsy (2021). Early efforts in the series maintained a first-person voice, allowing the reader insight into the mind of the preternaturally observant Scarpetta. Several later novels employed third-person narration. Cornwell used the latter approach to explore the disturbed minds of her heroine’s…
- Chaos (ancient Greek religion)
Chaos, in early Greek cosmology, either the primeval emptiness of the universe before things came into being or the abyss of Tartarus, the underworld. Both concepts occur in the Theogony of Hesiod. First there was Chaos in Hesiod’s system, then Gaea and Eros (Earth and Desire). Chaos, however, did
- Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (album by McCartney)
Paul McCartney: Wings and solo career: …century included Driving Rain (2001), Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005), Memory Almost Full (2007), New (2013), and Egypt Station, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in September 2018.
- chaos and order (cosmos)
creation myth: Creation through emergence: …to the created order appear chaotic; the beings inhabiting these places seem without form or stability, or they commit immoral acts. The seeming chaos is moving toward a definite form of order, however, an order latent in the very forms themselves rather than from an imposition of order from the…
- Chaos Crags (mountains, California, United States)
volcanic dome: The Chaos Crags, located just north of Lassen Peak, constitute a row of spectacular domes.
- Chaos Theory (film by Siega [2008])
Ryan Reynolds: Hollywood career: …in the Garden (2008), and Chaos Theory (2008) were all poorly received both critically and commercially, and Atom Egoyan’s thriller The Captive (2014), in which Reynolds starred as the father of a kidnapped girl, was booed by audiences and panned by critics upon its debut at the Cannes film festival.…
- chaos theory (mathematics and mechanics)
chaos theory, in mechanics and mathematics, the study of apparently random or unpredictable behaviour in systems governed by deterministic laws. A more accurate term, deterministic chaos, suggests a paradox because it connects two notions that are familiar and commonly regarded as incompatible. The
- chaotic behaviour (mathematics and mechanics)
chaos theory, in mechanics and mathematics, the study of apparently random or unpredictable behaviour in systems governed by deterministic laws. A more accurate term, deterministic chaos, suggests a paradox because it connects two notions that are familiar and commonly regarded as incompatible. The
- chaotic orbit (astronomy)
meteor and meteoroid: Directing meteoroids to Earth: …the asteroidal fragment to become chaotic, and its perihelion (the point of its orbit nearest the Sun) becomes shifted inside Earth’s orbit over a period of about one million years. Numerical simulations on computers support the idea that the 3:1 resonance is one of the principal mechanisms that inject asteroidal…
- chaotic terrain
Mars: Character of the surface: …channels, areas of collapse called chaotic terrain, and an enigmatic mix of valleys and ridges known as fretted terrain. Straddling the boundary in the western hemisphere is the Tharsis rise, a vast volcanic pile 4,000 km (2,500 miles) across and 8 km (5 miles) above the reference level at its…
- chaotic zone (mathematics)
celestial mechanics: Chaotic orbits: …said to lie in a chaotic zone. If the chaotic zone is bounded, in the sense that only limited ranges of initial values of the variables describing the motion lead to chaotic behaviour, the uncertainty in the state of the system in the future is limited by the extent of…
- Chaouen (Morocco)
Chefchaouene, town, northern Morocco, situated in the Rif mountain range. Founded as a holy city in 1471 by the warrior Abū Youma and later moved by Sīdī ʿAlī ibn Rashīd to its present site at the base of Mount El-Chaouene, it became a refuge for Moors expelled from Spain. A site long closed to
- Chaouïa (people)
Shawiya, Berber ethnic and linguistic group of the Aurès Plateau region of the Atlas Mountains of northeastern Algeria. The Shawiya speak one of four major Algerian Amazigh languages. The Shawiya practice cereal agriculture in the uplands and pastoral nomadism and horticulture in the oases along
- Chaozhou (China)
Chaozhou, city, eastern Guangdong sheng (province), China. It is located at the head of the delta of the Han River, some 25 miles (40 km) north of Shantou (Swatow). Chaozhou—having good communications with northern Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces via the Han River system—has been an
- Chapa blind tree mouse (rodent)
Asian tree mouse: cinereus) and the Chapa blind tree mouse (T. chapensis). They are probably nocturnal and arboreal, inhabiting mountain forests of southern China and northern Vietnam, respectively. Aside from their physical traits, little is known of these rodents. They resemble the Malabar mouse in body form, but their fur is…
- Chapaevsk (Russia)
Chapayevsk, city, Samara oblast (province), western Russia, on the Chapayevka River, a tributary of the Volga. Formerly a centre of the defense industry specializing in explosives, it now concentrates on nitrogen production and ammonia synthesis. A college of technology is located in the city. Pop.
- Chapala, Lake (lake, Mexico)
Lake Chapala, lake, west-central Mexico. It lies on the Mexican Plateau at 6,000 feet (1,800 meters) above sea level in the states of Jalisco and Michoacán. Chapala is Mexico’s largest lake, measuring approximately 48 miles (77 km) east-west by 10 miles (16 km) north-south and covering an area of
- chaparral (vegetation)
chaparral, scrubland plant communities composed of broad-leaved evergreen shrubs, bushes, and small trees usually less than 2.5 metres (about 8 feet) tall—the characteristic vegetation of coastal and inland mountain areas of southwestern North America. Chaparral is largely found in regions of
- chaparral cock (bird)
roadrunner, either of two species of terrestrial cuckoos, especially Geococcyx californianus, of the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is about 56 cm (22 inches) long, with streaked olive-brown and white plumage, a short shaggy crest, bare blue and red skin behind the eyes,
- chaparral mallow (plant)
mallow: Chaparral mallows (Malacothamnus species), a group of shrubs and small trees, are native to California and Baja California. The Carolina mallow (Modiola caroliniana) is a weedy, creeping wild flower of the southern United States.
- chapati (bread)
chapati, fried flatbread of Indian origin, often served with vegetables and stew, commonly considered a variation of roti. The word chapati is derived from the Sanskrit word carpatī, meaning “thin cake,” which is in turn derived from the word carpata or “flat.” This refers to the traditional method
- chapati movement (British-Indian history)
chapati: …what had started the so-called chapati movement, but the British interpreted it as an act of defiance by Indian villagers against British governance, an interpretation shaped by the fact that few officers understood or spoke Indian languages. Conversely, many Indians thought the movement to be a British operation, with rumors…
- Chapatin le tueur de lions (novel by Daudet)
Alphonse Daudet: Life: …fruits of this visit was Chapatin le tueur de lions (1863; “Chapatin the Killer of Lions”), whose lion-hunter hero can be seen as the first sketch of the author’s future Tartarin. Daudet’s first play, La Dernière Idole (“The Last Idol”), made a great impact when it was produced at the…
- chapatti (bread)
chapati, fried flatbread of Indian origin, often served with vegetables and stew, commonly considered a variation of roti. The word chapati is derived from the Sanskrit word carpatī, meaning “thin cake,” which is in turn derived from the word carpata or “flat.” This refers to the traditional method
- Chapayev (film by Vasilyev and Vasilyev)
Sergey Dmitriyevich Vasilyev: …directed their most important picture, Chapayev, a sweeping Civil War tale of a Bolshevik guerrilla leader that influenced the “big films” that followed.
- Chapayevsk (Russia)
Chapayevsk, city, Samara oblast (province), western Russia, on the Chapayevka River, a tributary of the Volga. Formerly a centre of the defense industry specializing in explosives, it now concentrates on nitrogen production and ammonia synthesis. A college of technology is located in the city. Pop.
- chapbook (literature)
chapbook, small, inexpensive stitched tract formerly sold by itinerant dealers, or chapmen, in western Europe and in North America. Most chapbooks were 5 12 by 4 14 inches (14 by 11 cm) in size and were made up of four pages (or multiples of four), illustrated with woodcuts. They contained tales of
- CHAPEA (space mission)
CHAPEA, series of analog missions conducted by NASA that are intended to simulate human habitation on the surface of Mars. The missions, the first of which began on June 25, 2023, are meant to simulate yearlong stays on the red planet in preparation for future missions there. Subsequent missions
- chapeau (heraldry)
heraldry: Crowns and coronets: Another relic is the chapeau, or cap of maintenance, a cap with ermine lining that was once worn on the helmet before the development of mantling and that is sometimes used instead of the wreath to support the crest. In Scotland the chapeau indicates the rank of a feudal…
- chapeau chinois (musical instrument)
jingling Johnny, musical instrument consisting of a pole ornamented with a canopy (pavillon), a crescent, and other shapes hung with bells and metal jingling objects, and often surmounted by horsetails. It possibly originated as the staff of a Central Asian shaman, and it was part of the Turkish
- Chapeau de paille d’Italie, Un (film by Clair)
René Clair: Early life and first films: Subsequently, in such films as Un Chapeau de paille d’Italie, based on the farce by Eugène Labiche, Clair combined the avant-garde and the popular, modernity and tradition, in an original way. During this time he also published a novel, Adams (1926), written in a cerebral and elliptical style.
- Chapek, Bob (American businessman)
Disney Company: Continuing expansion: ABC, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and Lucasfilm: …was replaced as CEO by Bob Chapek, who had been in charge of the company’s parks, experiences, and products division. Chapek was removed in 2022 and replaced with Iger, who began restructuring Disney, cutting spending and laying off workers.
- chapel (architecture)
chapel, small, intimate place of worship. The name was originally applied to the shrine in which the kings of France preserved the cape (late Latin cappella, diminutive of cappa) of St. Martin. By tradition, this garment had been torn into two pieces by St. Martin of Tours (c. 316–397) that he
- Chapel Children (English theatrical company)
Children of the Chapel, prominent and long-lived company of boy actors that was active during most of the 16th and early 17th centuries in England. The troupe was originally composed of boy choristers affiliated with the Chapel Royal in London who first performed during the reign of Henry IV. From
- Chapel Hill (North Carolina, United States)
Chapel Hill, town, Orange county, central North Carolina, U.S., about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Durham and some 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Raleigh; with these two cities it constitutes one of the state’s major urban areas, the Research Triangle. It was founded in 1792 and named for the
- Chapel Royal (music school, London, United Kingdom)
Henry Cooke: …was a chorister in the Chapel Royal. During the English Civil Wars (1642–51) he fought for Charles I, whence his title, “Captain” Cooke. After the Restoration (1660) he became master of the children in the Chapel Royal, with the task of rebuilding the choir. His ability to choose the right…
- Chapel, Alain (French chef)
gastronomy: The great French chefs: brothers Jean and Pierre, and Alain Chapel invented a free-form style of cooking (named nouvelle cuisine by the French restaurant critics Henri Gault and Christian Millau). Their style disregarded the codification of Escoffier and replaced it with a philosophy rather than a structured system of rules, creating not a school…
- Chapelain, Jean (French author)
Jean Chapelain was a French literary critic and poet who attempted to apply empirical standards to literary criticism. Chapelain’s approach was a challenge to others of his day who appealed in doctrinaire fashion to classical Greek authorities. His critical views were advanced primarily in short
- Chapelet d’ambre, Le (work by Sefrioui)
Ahmed Sefrioui: His first volume, Le Chapelet d’ambre (1949; “The Amber Beads”), consists of 14 short pieces dealing with the lives of those unassimilated into French colonial culture. He wrote of Qurʾānic students (he had been one in his youth), of donkey drivers, pilgrims, artisans, shopkeepers, vagabonds, and mystics. A…
- Chapelier, Isaac Le (French revolutionary leader)
Jean Le Chapelier was a French Revolutionary leader who in 1791 introduced in the National Assembly the Loi (“Law”) Le Chapelier, which made any association of workers or of employers illegal. In force until 1884, the law actually affected only workers, who found it much more difficult to conceal
- Chapelier, Loi Le (French history)
France: Restructuring France: …economic marketplace as individuals, the Le Chapelier Law of June 1791 (named after reformer Jean Le Chapelier) banned workers’ associations and strikes. The precepts of economic individualism extended to rural life as well. In theory, peasants and landlords were now free to cultivate their fields as they wished, regardless of…
- Chapelle du Rosaire (chapel, Vence, France)
Henri Matisse: Riviera years of Henri Matisse: …of planning and execution, his Chapelle du Rosaire for the local Dominican nuns, one of whom had nursed him during his nearly fatal illness in 1941. He had begun by agreeing to design some stained-glass windows, had gone on to do murals, and had wound up by designing nearly everything…
- Chapelwaite (American television series)
Adrien Brody: Television: He later starred in Chapelwaite (2021), a miniseries based on Stephen King’s short story “Jerusalem’s Lot,” about a sea captain in the 1850s who returns to his family home and discovers that it may be haunted. Also in 2021 Brody earned praise—and later an Emmy nomination—for his portrayal of…
- Chaperone, The (film by Engler [2018])
Julian Fellowes: …Romeo and Juliet (2013); and The Chaperone (2018). He also published the novels Snobs (2004) and Past Imperfect (2008) and publicly acknowledged that he had written “bodice-ripping” romance novels under pseudonyms, notably Rebecca Greville and Alexander Merrant. His interactive narrative Belgravia (2016) is a serialized novel initially released as a…
- chapetón (Latin American colonist)
peninsular, any of the colonial residents of Latin America from the 16th through the early 19th centuries who had been born in Spain. The name refers to the Iberian Peninsula. Among the American-born in Mexico the peninsulars were contemptuously called gachupines (“those with spurs”) and in South
- Chapin, Harry (American musician)
Harry Chapin was an American singer-guitarist who became as well known for his humanitarian efforts—particularly his antihunger crusade—as for his music. Born into a musical family from the Brooklyn Heights section of New York City, Chapin played in bands with his brothers and made documentary
- Chapin, Harry Foster (American musician)
Harry Chapin was an American singer-guitarist who became as well known for his humanitarian efforts—particularly his antihunger crusade—as for his music. Born into a musical family from the Brooklyn Heights section of New York City, Chapin played in bands with his brothers and made documentary
- Chapin, James (American painter)
boxing: Boxing in art, literature, and film: …boxing include Thomas Eakins and James Chapin, both of whom ably rendered the movement, power, and grace of men boxing, as well as the fatigue and pathos that often attends the aftermath.
- chaplain (religion)
chaplain, originally a priest or minister who had charge of a chapel, now an ordained member of the clergy who is assigned to a special ministry. The title dates to the early centuries of the Christian church. In the 4th century, chaplains (Latin cappellani) were so called because they kept St.
- Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French artist)
medal: The Baroque period: …the Art Nouveau, founded by Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839–1909) and Louis Oscar Roty (1846–1911).
- chaplet (floral decoration)
floral decoration: Forms of floral decoration: …worn around the head, a chaplet. Garlands draped in loops are called festoons or swags. The origin of these forms is unknown, but evidence of their use dates from ancient times and is not restricted to any particular culture.
- chaplet (artillery)
military technology: Cast bronze muzzle-loaders: …and small wrought-iron fixtures called chaplets were used to hold the core precisely in place. These were cast into the bronze and remained a part of the gun. Boring produced more accurate weapons and improved the quality of the bronze, since impurities in the molten metal, which gravitate toward the…
- Chaplin (film by Attenborough [1992])
Robert Downey, Jr.: Chaplin, drug addiction, and comeback: …title character in Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin biopic, which earned him numerous plaudits and an Academy Award nomination for best actor. By this time, however, Downey had developed a substance-abuse problem, and, despite impressive turns in films ranging from the violent media satire Natural Born Killers (1994) to the costume drama…
- Chaplin, Charlie (British actor, director, writer, and composer)
Charlie Chaplin was a British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion-picture history. (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.) Chaplin was named after his
- Chaplin, Sid (British writer)
Sid Chaplin was a British novelist and short-story writer noted for his mastery of detail and local colour in his depictions of working-class life. The son of a coal miner, Chaplin began working in the mines at age 15 and continued to do so while obtaining an education from the Worker’s Educational
- Chaplin, Sidney (British writer)
Sid Chaplin was a British novelist and short-story writer noted for his mastery of detail and local colour in his depictions of working-class life. The son of a coal miner, Chaplin began working in the mines at age 15 and continued to do so while obtaining an education from the Worker’s Educational
- Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer (British actor, director, writer, and composer)
Charlie Chaplin was a British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion-picture history. (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.) Chaplin was named after his
- Chapman University (university, Orange, California, United States)
Orange: Orange is the seat of Chapman University (established 1861 in Los Angeles, relocated 1954) and a community college (1985). Inc. city, 1888. Pop. (2010) 136,416; (2020) 139,911.
- Chapman’s Pool (bay, England, United Kingdom)
Purbeck: …ridges, secluded coves (such as Chapman’s Pool along the south coast), marshes, and forests, was long recognized as a smuggler’s haven.
- Chapman’s zebra (mammal)
zebra: quagga chapmani (Chapman’s zebra), E. quagga burchellii (Burchell’s zebra), and E. quagga quagga (quagga, which is extinct). The mountain zebra is made up of two subspecies: E. zebra hartmannae (Hartmann’s mountain zebra) and E. zebra zebra (Cape Mountain zebra).
- Chapman, Carrie (American feminist leader)
Carrie Chapman Catt was an American feminist leader who led the women’s rights movement for more than 25 years, culminating in the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (for women’s suffrage) to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Carrie Lane grew up in Ripon, Wisconsin, and from 1866 in Charles City,
- Chapman, Frank M. (American ornithologist)
Frank M. Chapman was an American ornithologist famous for his extensive and detailed studies of the life histories, geographic distribution, and systematic relationships of North and South American birds. A self-taught ornithologist, Chapman was appointed assistant curator of ornithology and
- Chapman, Frank Michler (American ornithologist)
Frank M. Chapman was an American ornithologist famous for his extensive and detailed studies of the life histories, geographic distribution, and systematic relationships of North and South American birds. A self-taught ornithologist, Chapman was appointed assistant curator of ornithology and
- Chapman, George (English writer)
George Chapman was an English poet and dramatist, whose translation of Homer long remained the standard English version. Chapman attended the University of Oxford but took no degree. By 1585 he was working in London for the wealthy commoner Sir Ralph Sadler and probably traveled to the Low
- Chapman, Graham (British comedian and writer)
Graham Chapman was a British comedian and writer who was a founding member of the Monty Python troupe, which set a standard during the 1970s for its quirky parodies and wacky humour on television and later in films. Chapman grew up in Leicestershire and began acting while in grammar school. He
- Chapman, Graham Arthur (British comedian and writer)
Graham Chapman was a British comedian and writer who was a founding member of the Monty Python troupe, which set a standard during the 1970s for its quirky parodies and wacky humour on television and later in films. Chapman grew up in Leicestershire and began acting while in grammar school. He
- Chapman, Herbert (British football manager)
football: Strategy and tactics: Between the wars, Herbert Chapman, the astute manager of London’s Arsenal club, created the WM formation, featuring five defenders and five attackers: three backs and two halves in defensive roles, and two inside forwards assisting the three attacking forwards. Chapman’s system withdrew the midfield center-half into defense in…
- Chapman, John Jay (American writer)
John Jay Chapman was an American poet, dramatist, and critic who attacked the get-rich-quick morality of the post-Civil War “Gilded Age” in political action and in his writings. Ancestors on both sides of his family had distinguished themselves in antislavery and other causes, and he sought to
- Chapman, Maria Weston (American abolitionist)
Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist who was the principal lieutenant of the radical antislavery leader William Lloyd Garrison. Maria Weston spent several years of her youth living with the family of an uncle in England, where she received a good education. From 1828 to 1830 she was
- Chapman, Mark David (American criminal)
Mark David Chapman is an American criminal who fatally shot John Lennon on December 8, 1980. He received a sentence of 20 years to life and was repeatedly denied parole. Chapman grew up in Decatur, Georgia, and as a teenager he developed an obsession with the Beatles, especially Lennon. While in
- Chapman, Sydney (British mathematician and physicist)
Sydney Chapman was an English mathematician and physicist noted for his research in geophysics. Chapman was educated at Victorian University of Manchester and at Trinity College, Cambridge. One of his earliest scientific contributions was to modify Maxwell’s kinetic theory of gases, thereby
- Chapman, Tracy (American singer-songwriter)
Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter who quickly rose to fame in the late 1980s as a result of the phenomenal overnight success of her eponymous debut album, which sold some one million copies within two weeks of its release in 1988, partly as a result of the broad appeal of its lead
- Chapman, William (British actor)
showboat: The British-born actor William Chapman built the first showboat, the “Floating Theatre” (14 by 100 feet [4 by 32 m]), at Pittsburgh in 1831. He and his family floated from landing to landing, playing dramas such as The Stranger, by August von Kotzebue, and William Shakespeare’s Taming of…
- Chapman-Ferraro current system (geomagnetic field)
geomagnetic field: The magnetopause current: Farther still from Earth, at about 10 Re along the Earth–Sun line, is yet another current system that affects the surface field and profoundly changes the nature of Earth’s field in space. This system is called the magnetopause current, or Chapman-Ferraro current system…
- chapon (food)
salad: …bread rubbed with garlic, a chapon, is sometimes tossed with the salad to season it. Caesar salad, invented in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920s, is a green salad of romaine with a highly seasoned dressing of pounded anchovies, olive oil, lemon juice, egg, and Parmesan cheese, garnished with croutons.
- chapopote (mineral)
Native American art: Mexico and Middle America: …region is the use of chapopote, a native asphalt commonly applied to clay figurines as a decoration; occasionally, chapopote entirely covers the figures, while in other examples it is used to decorate only the face, mouth, or eyes.
- Chappaquiddick incident (United States history)
Chappaquiddick incident, incident on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, U.S., that occurred July 18–19, 1969, in which Mary Jo Kopechne died in a car driven off a bridge by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. The youngest of nine children of ambitious parents, Kennedy’s long life of public service was
- Chappaquiddick Island (island, Massachusetts, United States)
Edgartown: The town comprises Chappaquiddick Island and the eastern tip of the island of Martha’s Vineyard. The oldest settlement on the island, Edgartown dates from 1642 and was incorporated in 1671 and named for Edgar, son of James II of England; the town had previously been called Nunnepog (Algonquian…
- Chappe, Claude (French engineer and clergyman)
Claude Chappe was a French engineer and cleric who converted an old idea into a reality by inventing the semaphore visual telegraph. His brother Ignace Chappe (1760–1829), a member of the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution, strongly supported Claude’s proposal for a visual signal
- Chappe, Ignace (French politician)
Claude Chappe: …semaphore (a word derived by Chappe from the Greek for “bearing a sign”). Each arm of the semaphore could assume seven clearly visible angular positions, making possible 49 combinations that were assigned to the alphabet and a number of other symbols. In August 1794 the Chappe semaphore brought to Paris…
- Chappell, Eliza Emily (American educator)
Eliza Emily Chappell Porter was an American educator and welfare worker, remembered especially for the numerous schools she helped establish in almost every region of the United States. Eliza Chappell began teaching school at age 16, and after moving with her mother to Rochester, New York, in 1828
- Chappelle’s Show (American television show)
Dave Chappelle: …channel Comedy Central to produce Chappelle’s Show, which he created with Brennan. The show—which featured Chappelle introducing sketches in front of a live audience and usually ended with a musical performance by a hip-hop or rhythm and blues artist—featured biting political and cultural satire that was leavened by a playful…
- Chappelle, Dave (American comedian and actor)
Dave Chappelle is an American comedian and actor who was best known for cocreating, writing, and starring in the groundbreaking television sketch comedy program Chappelle’s Show (2003–06). Chappelle’s childhood was split between Silver Spring, Maryland, where his mother taught at various local
- Chappelle, David Khari Webber (American comedian and actor)
Dave Chappelle is an American comedian and actor who was best known for cocreating, writing, and starring in the groundbreaking television sketch comedy program Chappelle’s Show (2003–06). Chappelle’s childhood was split between Silver Spring, Maryland, where his mother taught at various local
- Chappie (film by Blomkamp [2015])
Hugh Jackman: Later roles: …law-enforcement robot in the thriller Chappie and portrayed a pirate in the children’s adventure Pan (both 2015), the latter of which purported to trace the origins of J.M. Barrie’s character Peter Pan. He costarred as a ski-jumping coach in the inspirational film Eddie the Eagle (2016), about the performance of…
- Chappuis, Jason Lamy (French skier)
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games: Notable Events from the Vancouver Winter Games: February 15:
- Chappy (novel by Grace)
Patricia Grace: The novel Chappy (2015) follows a young man’s quest to learn more about his family’s history, including the remarkable story of his Māori grandmother and Japanese grandfather. In 2021 Grace published the memoir From the Centre: A Writer’s Life.
- Chapra (India)
Chapra, city, western Bihar state, northeastern India. It lies near the junction of the Ghaghara and Ganges (Ganga) rivers. Chapra grew in importance as a river mart in the 18th century when the Dutch, French, Portuguese, and British established saltpetre refineries there. It was constituted a
- chapter (Roman Catholicism)
history of Europe: Ecclesiastical organization: …cathedral, was staffed by a chapter (a body of clergy) and headed by a dean, who was specifically charged with administering the cathedral and its property. The chapter was not usually the bishop’s administrative staff and thus sometimes found itself in conflict with the bishop. Struggles between bishop and chapter…
- Chapter 11 bankruptcy: A little breathing room while a company restructures
Businesses, as well as sole proprietors or individuals, sometimes find themselves buried in a mountain of debt that can be blamed on everything from poor financial management to a shift in consumer spending or an economic downturn. Sometimes a sales slowdown, poor cash flow, and over-leveraging can
- Chapter 27 (film by Schaefer [2007])
Jared Leto: Requiem for a Dream and other roles from the 2000s: …in the widely panned film Chapter 27 (2007).