(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Lord George, 1751–93, English agitator, whose activities resulted in the tragic Gordon riots of 1780 in London. In 1779, Gordon assumed leadership of the Protestant Association…
(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 1763–98, Irish revolutionary; son of James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of Kildare and 1st duke of Leinster (see Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of). After an…
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Lord William, 1639–83, English statesman; younger son of the 1st duke of Bedford. He entered Parliament in 1660. Contempt for the dissolute court and fear of Roman Catholicism…
(Encyclopedia) Cecil, Lord DavidCecil, Lord Davidsĭsˈəl, sĕs– [key] (Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne Cecil), 1902–86, English biographer. He was professor of English literature at Oxford (1948–…
(Encyclopedia) Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, American botanist, grad. Columbia School of Mines, 1879. He taught geology and botany at Columbia, 1879–96. He was the New York Botanical Garden's…
(Encyclopedia) idylidylīˈdəl [key], short poem. The ancient idyls, especially those of Bion and Moschus, were intended as little selections in the style of such longer poems as elegies or epics.…
LORD, Bert, a Representative from New York; born in the town of Sanford, Broome County, N.Y., December 4, 1869; attended the public schools and the Afton (N.Y.) Union School and Academy;…
LORD, Scott, a Representative from New York; born in Nelson, Madison County, N.Y., December 11, 1820; attended the common schools and the local academies at Morrisville and Geneseo; studied…
(Encyclopedia) Kazin, AlfredKazin, Alfredkāˈzĭn [key], 1915–98, American critic, b. New York City, grad. College of the City of New York (B.S., 1935) and Columbia (M.A., 1938). Kazin was one of the…
