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Albert Lea

(Encyclopedia) Albert Lea Albert Lea lē [key], city (2020 pop. 18,492), seat of Freeborn co., S Minn., near the Iowa line; inc. 1878. It is a manufacturing and marketing…

Albert Nile

(Encyclopedia) Albert Nile, river, Uganda: see Nile.

Albert Nyanza

(Encyclopedia) Albert Nyanza, E Africa: see Albert, Lake.

Claude, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Claude, AlbertClaude, Albertälbârrˈ klōd [key], 1899–1983, Belgian biologist, b. Longlier, M.D., Univ. of Liège, 1928. He joined the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller Univ.) in…

Charles Albert

(Encyclopedia) Charles Albert, 1798–1849, king of Sardinia (1831–49, see Savoy, house of). Because he had not been entirely unsympathetic to the revolutionary movement of 1821 in Sardinia, Charles…

Finney, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Finney, Albert, 1936–2019, English actor, studied Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London. He debuted in the theater in 1956, and appeared on the London and New York stage throughout…

Fert, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Fert, AlbertFert, Albertälbârˈ fâr [key], 1938– French physicist, b. Carcassonne, France. After receiving his Ph.D. at the Univ. of Paris-Sud in 1970 Fert accepted a teaching position…

Schäffle, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Schäffle, AlbertSchäffle, Albertälˈbĕrt shĕfˈlə [key], 1831–1903, German economist and sociologist. He taught economics at the universities of Tübingen and Vienna. His views were based…

Schweitzer, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Schweitzer, AlbertSchweitzer, Albertälˈbĕrt shvīˈtsər [key], 1875–1965, Alsatian theologian, musician, and medical missionary. Determined to become a medical missionary, he obtained a…

Barnes, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Barnes, Albert, 1798–1870, American Presbyterian clergyman, b. Rome, N.Y. From 1830 he was pastor of the First Church in Philadelphia, mother church of the Presbyterian denomination in…