WHAT WAS THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR? SHOGUNSFIND OUT MORESamurai were warriors from Japanese noble families, who served in private armies recruited by daimyo (local lords). They fought in civil wars…
Emperor A legendary king who unified India and the then-known world. He has been identified in Hindu traditions with the son of King Dushyanta, and in Jain traditions with the son of Lord Rishabha…
(Encyclopedia) Whittington, Richard, 1358–1423, English merchant and lord mayor of London. He made his fortune as a mercer and then entered London politics to become successively councilman, alderman…
Senate Years of Service: 1979-1985Party: DemocratTSONGAS, Paul Efthemios, (husband of Nicola S. Tsongas), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Lowell, Middlesex County,…
(Encyclopedia) Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of TotnesCarew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totneskər&oomacr;ˈ, tŏtˈnĭs [key], 1555–1629, English soldier and…
(Encyclopedia) Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st earl of, c.1500–1550, lord chancellor of England. Appointed a clerk of the signet in 1530, he rose in the favor of Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII,…
(Encyclopedia) Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711–79, British statesman; elder brother of George Grenville and brother-in-law of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham. He succeeded to his…
(Encyclopedia) Meredith, George, 1828–1909, English novelist and poet. One of the great English novelists, Meredith wrote complex, often comic yet highly cerebral works that contain striking…
(Encyclopedia) Clare, John Fitzgibbon, 1st earl of, 1749–1802, Irish statesman. He was (1783–89) attorney general of Ireland and in 1789 became lord chancellor. A resolute upholder of the Protestant…
(Encyclopedia) Audley of Walden, Thomas Audley, Baron, 1488–1544, lord chancellor of England (1533–44) under Henry VIII. He was made speaker of the House of Commons in 1529 and lord keeper of the…
