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William, prince of Wied

(Encyclopedia) William, prince of Wied, 1876–1945, mpret [ruler] of Albania (1914), third son of William, prince of Wied, nephew of Elizabeth of Romania. A German army officer, he was selected by the…

Warner, Susan Bogert

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Susan Bogert, pseud. Elizabeth Wetherall, 1819–85, American novelist, b. New York City. Of her many books the best known was The Wide, Wide World (1850), a pious, tearful tale…

Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl of

(Encyclopedia) Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl ofWestmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl ofnĕvˈĭl, wĕstˈmərlənd [key], 1543–1601, English nobleman. A Roman Catholic by birth and connected with…

Cadbury, George

(Encyclopedia) Cadbury, George, 1839–1922, English manufacturer and social reformer; husband of Elizabeth Mary Cadbury. In 1861, Cadbury and his brother Richard assumed control of their father's…

Bodley, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Bodley, Sir Thomas, 1545–1613, English scholar and diplomat, organizer of the Bodleian Library at Oxford. He was a Greek scholar and teacher at Oxford, and in 1584 he was elected to…

Plumb, Sir John Harold

(Encyclopedia) Plumb, Sir John Harold, 1911–2001, British historian. Educated at the universities of Leicester (B.A., 1933) and Cambridge (Ph.D., 1936), he remained at Cambridge as a research fellow…

Anthony, Susan Brownell

(Encyclopedia) Anthony, Susan Brownell, 1820–1906, American reformer and leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Adams, Mass.; daughter of Daniel Anthony, Quaker abolitionist. From the age of 17,…

Women in American Religion

Even though it is only recently that women have been permitted to hold official roles in many religions, they have always been central to American religious life.…

Prince Andrew | Royal Biographies

Royal Biographies:Prince Andrew by David Johnson RELATED LINKS Royal Family Tree Queen Elizabeth II Princess Beatrice Princess Eugenie THE…

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and daughter Harriet "In search of my mother's garden, I found my own."-Alice Walker These women have followed in their mothers' footsteps: Printers: Sarah Goddard…