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Cibber
British actor-manager, playwright, and poet. He began his career as an actor in 1690. His Love's Last Shift (1696) is considered the first sentimental comedy. Cibber and two other actor-managers, called the "triumvirate," comanaged the Drury Lane Theatre (1710-33). He wrote and adapted such plays as The Non-Juror (1717) and The Provok'd Husband (1728). He was appointed poet laureate in 1730 and retired from acting in 1745. He was mocked as king of the Dunces in A. Pope's satire The Dunciad. See also actor-manager system.
Giers
Russian foreign minister in the reign of Alexander III. Succeeding A. Gorchakov as foreign minister in 1882, he tried to maintain the Three Emperors' League with Germany and Austria-Hungary, but when it lapsed (1887) he negotiated the Reinsurance Treaty with Germany only. When that alliance was not renewed (1890), he concluded a formal Russo-French agreement (1894) that became the basis for the Russo-Franco-British alliance against the Central Powers in World War I.
Gioberti
Italian philosopher and politician whose writings helped bring about the unification of the Italian states. Ordained a priest (1825), he became court chaplain of Sardinia (1831), but was briefly imprisoned (1833) for involvement in a republican plot. He exiled himself to Paris and Brussels, where he published works advocating a united Italy headed by the pope. He returned to Italy in 1847 and became premier of Sardinia-Piedmont (1848-49). His philosophy centered on his concept of being and is termed "ontologism."
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