(Encyclopedia) Booth, family prominent in the Salvation Army, founded by William Booth. His wife, Catherine Mumford Booth, 1829–90, whom he married in 1855, played a leading part in the foundation…
(Encyclopedia) Croce, BenedettoCroce, Benedettobānādĕtˈtō krôˈchā [key], 1866–1952, Italian philosopher, historian, and critic. He lived mostly in Naples, devoting himself to studying and writing. He…
(Encyclopedia) James V, 1512–42, king of Scotland (1513–42), son and successor of James IV. His mother, Margaret Tudor, held the regency until her marriage in 1514 to Archibald Douglas, 6th earl of…
(Encyclopedia) Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936, English author, b. Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Educated in England, Kipling returned to India in 1882 and worked as an editor on a Lahore paper. His early…
(Encyclopedia) fiber, threadlike strand, usually pliable and capable of being spun into a yarn. Many different fibers are known to be usable; some 40 of these are of commercial importance, and others…
(Encyclopedia) BryophytaBryophytabrīˈəfīˌtə, brīˌəfīˈtə [key], division of green land plants that includes the mosses (class Bryopsida), the liverworts (Marchantiopsida), and the hornworts (…
(Encyclopedia) Kunitz, Stanley JassponKunitz, Stanley Jassponky&oomacr;ˈnĭts [key], 1905–2006, American poet, teacher, and editor, b. Worcester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard (B.A., 1926; M.A…
(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Sam, 1943–2017, one of the major American playwrights and actors of his era, b. Fort Sheridan, Ill., as Samuel Shepard Rogers 3d. A product of the 1960s counterculture and an…
Fact Monster'sMenacing Monster Guide by David Johnson Goblins From their birthplace in France, these nasty, hideous cousins of gnomes have spread all over Europe. When they…
(Encyclopedia) Examples of Systematic Classification
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Humans
Homo sapiens
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