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Schumann, Clara

(Encyclopedia)Schumann, Clara: see under Schumann, Robert Alexander. ...

McCormick, Joseph Medill

(Encyclopedia)McCormick, Joseph Medill: see under McCormick, Robert Sanderson. ...

Carnegie, Andrew

(Encyclopedia)Carnegie, Andrew kärnĕgˈē, kärˈnəgē [key], 1835–1919, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. Dunfermline, Scotland. His father, a weaver, found it increasingly difficult to get work i...

Barrie, J. M.

(Encyclopedia)Barrie, J. M. (Sir James Matthew Barrie) bârˈē [key], 1860–1937, Scottish playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for his play Peter Pan (1904), a supernatural fantasy about a boy who refu...

Clement VII, antipope

(Encyclopedia)Clement VII, antipope (1378–94): see Robert of Geneva. ...

Lynd, Helen Merrell

(Encyclopedia)Lynd, Helen Merrell: see under Lynd, Robert Staughton. ...

Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728, American colonist and statesman

(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728: see under Livingston, family. ...

Livingston, Robert R., 1718–75, American statesman and jurist

(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R. 1718–75: see under Livingston, family. ...

Livingston, Robert R., 1746–1813, American jurist, statesman, and diplomat

(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R. 1746–1813: see under Livingston, family. ...

Triborough Bridge

(Encyclopedia)Triborough Bridge, New York City: see Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. ...