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Durham, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Durham Durham dûrˈăm [key], city (2020 pop. 324,833), seat of Durham co., N central N.C., in…

Kahn, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Kahn, AlbertKahn, Albertkän [key], 1869–1942, American architect, noted as a designer of factories, b. Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1880. He worked as a draftsman in a…

Stirling, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Stirling, town (1991 pop. 38,638), Stirling council area, central Scotland, on the Forth River. The center of a large farm district, it has livestock markets and light industries…

Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl of

(Encyclopedia) Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl ofPembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl ofpĕmˈbr&oobreve;k [key], d. 1324, English nobleman; nephew of Aymer of Valence, bishop of Winchester. He…

Cameron, Julia Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Cameron, Julia MargaretCameron, Julia Margaretkămˈərən [key], 1815–79, English pioneer photographer, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). Born and married into the high ranks of the British…

Stanley Kamel Biography

actorDied: April 8, 2008Best Known as: actor who played Dr. Charles Kroger on the TV series Monk Deathplace: Hollywood Hills, California Stanley Kamel…

Edward H. Harriman

financier, railroad executiveBorn: 2/25/1848Birthplace: Hempstead, N.Y. He began his career on Wall Street, but became involved in railroads when he married Mary Averell, whose father was president…

Frank Porter GRAHAM, Congress, NC (1886-1972)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1950Party: DemocratGRAHAM, Frank Porter, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., October 14, 1886; attended the public…

Saint Paul

(Encyclopedia) Saint Paul, city (1990 pop. 272,235), state capital and seat of Ramsey co., E Minn., on bluffs along the Mississippi River, contiguous with Minneapolis, forming the Twin Cities…