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Lewis CASS, Congress, MI (1782-1866)

Senate Years of Service: 1845-1848; 1849-1857Party: Democrat; DemocratCASS, Lewis, (great-great-grandfather of Cass Ballenger), a Senator from Michigan; born in Exeter, N.H., October 9, 1782;…

Lyons, First Council of

(Encyclopedia) Lyons, First Council ofLyons, First Council oflyôNˈ [key], 1245, 13th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convened at Lyons, France, by Pope Innocent IV to deal with his…

Victoria, empress of Germany

(Encyclopedia) Victoria (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa), 1840–1901, empress of Germany, daughter of Victoria of England. In 1858 she married the German crown prince (later Emperor Frederick III).…

Asian Americans in Government

Elaine Chao Akaka, Daniel Kahikina, U.S. senator Boggs, Grace Lee, activist Cayetano, Benjamin J., governor of Hawaii Chang, Ming E., business leader, rear admiral (retired) Chao,…

Husserl, Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Husserl, EdmundHusserl, Edmundĕtˈm&oobreve;nt h&oobreve;sˈərl [key], 1859–1938, German philosopher, founder of the phenomenological movement (see phenomenology). He was…

Köpenick

(Encyclopedia) KöpenickKöpenickköˈpənĭk [key], district of Berlin, E Germany, at the confluence of the Spree and Dahme rivers. It is an industrial center and a tourist spot, with forests and large…

Burbidge, Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Burbidge, Margaret, 1925–2020, Anglo-American astronomer, b. England as Eleanor Margaret Peachey. Burbidge; her husband, Geoffrey Burbidge; William Fowler; and Sir Fred Hoyle showed (…