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Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron: see Carleton, Guy. ...

Carleton, Guy, 1st Baron Dorchester

(Encyclopedia)Carleton, Guy, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, governor of Quebec and British commander during the American Revolution. He began his service in America in 1758 and distinguished himself in the Fren...

Dorchester, town, England

(Encyclopedia)Dorchester dôrˈchĭstər [key], town, county seat of Dorset, S central England. Dorchester is a ...

Carleton, Will

(Encyclopedia)Carleton, Will, 1845–1912, American poet, b. Hudson, Mich. He is best known for his sentimental poems of rural life, the most famous being “Over the Hill to the Poorhouse.” Among his works are F...

Carleton, William

(Encyclopedia)Carleton, William, 1794–1869, Irish author. His Traits and Stories of Irish Peasantry (5 vol., 1830–33) realistically depicts his own rural youth. This was followed by Tales of Ireland (1834), Far...

Dorchester, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Dorchester, Mass.: see Boston.

Carleton University

(Encyclopedia)Carleton University, at Ottawa, Ont., Canada; nonsectarian; coeducational; founded 1942 as Carleton College. It achieved university status in 1957. It has faculties of arts, social sciences, science, ...

Heathfield, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Heathfield, 1st Baron: see Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar. ...

Chamberlin, Guy

(Encyclopedia)Chamberlin, Guy (Berlin Guy “Champ” Chamberlin), 1894–1967, American football coach and player, b. Blue Springs, Neb., grad. Univ. of Nebraska, 1916. Chamberlin was one of the greatest ends of h...

Fawkes, Guy

(Encyclopedia)Fawkes, Guy: see Gunpowder Plot. ...