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Warner, Susan Bogert

(Encyclopedia)Warner, Susan Bogert, pseud. Elizabeth Wetherall, 1819–85, American novelist, b. New York City. Of her many books the best known was The Wide, Wide World (1850), a pious, tearful tale of an orphan. ...

Chemosh

(Encyclopedia)Chemosh kēˈmŏsh [key], identified, probably mistakenly, as the god of the Ammonites in the Bible (see Milcom). In First and Second Kings, Solomon erected an altar to him at Jerusalem, and Josiah de...

Giraldus Cambrensis

(Encyclopedia)Giraldus Cambrensis jĭrălˈdəs kămbrĕnˈsĭs [key], c.1146–1223, Norman-Welsh churchman and historian, also called Gerald of Wales and Gerald de Barri. He was associated (from 1184) with the ki...

Staffordshire ware

(Encyclopedia)Staffordshire ware, various products of the Potteries district, one of the most famous areas in England for the production of pottery. Late 17th-century slipware such as that attributed to Thomas Toft...

Quincy, Josiah, 1772–1864, American political leader and college president

(Encyclopedia)Quincy, Josiah, 1772–1864, American political leader and college president, b. Braintree, Mass.; son of Josiah Quincy (1744–75). After studying law, Quincy became interested in politics and entere...

Jeremiah, persons in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Jeremiah jĕrĭmīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Prophet of the book of Jeremiah. 2 Father-in-law of Josiah. 3 Rechabite contemporary with Jeremiah the prophet. 4, 5, 6 Three who joined David at Ziklag. ...

Adaiah

(Encyclopedia)Adaiah ədāˈyə [key], in the Bible. 1 Josiah's mother's father. 2 Father of Maaseiah. 3 Ancestor of Asaiah. ...

Verde

(Encyclopedia)Verde vûrdˈē, vĕrdˈē [key], river, c.190 mi (310 km) long, rising in central Ariz. and flowing S to the Salt River. The valley supported early Native American civilizations and is dotted with ru...

Grinnell College

(Encyclopedia)Grinnell College, at Grinnell, Iowa; coeducational; incorporated 1847 as Iowa College, opened 1848 by Congregationalists at Davenport. The college moved to Grinnell in 1859, under the auspices of Josi...

Flaxman, John

(Encyclopedia)Flaxman, John, 1755–1826, English sculptor and draftsman. At 20 he went to work for Josiah Wedgwood, designing the cameolike decorations for Wedgwood's pottery. Later, in Rome, he devoted himself to...