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Froude, William

(Encyclopedia) Froude, WilliamFroude, Williamfr&oomacr;d [key], 1810–79, English engineer and naval architect, brother of J. Anthony Froude; educated at Oxford. In 1837 he worked on the Bristol…

Drexel University

(Encyclopedia) Drexel University, at Philadelphia; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, opened 1892, chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. It was renamed…

Gwynn, Tony

(Encyclopedia) Gwynn, Tony (Anthony Keith Gwynn), 1960–2014, American baseball player and coach, b. Los Angeles. He played baseball and basketball at San Diego State Univ., and had a record 590…

Ivan VI

(Encyclopedia) Ivan VI, 1740–64, czar of Russia (1740–41), great-grandson of Ivan V. He was the son of Prince Anthony Ulric of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and of Anna Leopoldovna. An infant, he succeeded…

Toledo , city, United States

(Encyclopedia) ToledoToledotəlēˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 332,943), seat of Lucas co., NW Ohio, on the Maumee River at its junction with Lake Erie; inc. 1837. With a natural harbor and its railroads…

Strega Nona (Spanish Language Version)

Distributor:Weston Woods Studios, Inc. Narrated in Spanish, Tomie dePaola's beloved story of Strega Nona, Big Anthony, and the magic pasta pot comes alive in this delightfully animated video.…

Van Halen

rock group In the early 1970s, in Pasadena, California, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex Van Halen, a drummer, formed the group Mammoth with vocalist David Lee Roth and bass player…

Money

Facts About U.S. Money U.S. Money History Money Around the World Economy 101 The Euro Portraits and Designs of U.S. Paper Currency U.S. Coins in Circulation…