Search

Search results

Displaying 291 - 300

Kearsarge

(Encyclopedia) KearsargeKearsargekērˈsärjˌ [key], Union ship in the Civil War. See Confederate cruisers.

Menominee, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Menominee, river, 118 mi (190 km) long, formed by the union of the Brule and the Michigamme rivers above Iron Mountain, W Upper Peninsula, N Mich., and flowing SE into Green Bay at…

Bondfield, Margaret Grace

(Encyclopedia) Bondfield, Margaret Grace, 1873–1953, British political and trade union leader. A Labour member of Parliament (1923–24, 1926–31), she served as secretary to the minister of labor (1924…

Clarke, John

(Encyclopedia) Clarke, John, 1609–76, one of the founders of Rhode Island, b. Westhorpe, Suffolk, England. He emigrated to Boston in 1637 and shortly thereafter joined Anne Hutchinson (with whom he…

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

(Encyclopedia) Fosdick, Harry EmersonFosdick, Harry Emersonfŏzˈdĭk [key], 1878–1969, American clergyman, b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Colgate Univ., 1900, and Union Theological Seminary, 1904. Ordained a…

Jefferson City

(Encyclopedia) Jefferson City, city (1990 pop. 35,481), state capital and seat of Cole co., central Mo., on the south bank of the Missouri River, near the mouth of the Osage; inc. 1825. The state…

Appomattox

(Encyclopedia) Appomattox Appomattox ăpəmătˈəks [key], town (2020 pop. 16,119), seat of Appomattox co., central Va.; inc. 1925. Confederate general Robert E. Lee…

Wayland, Francis

(Encyclopedia) Wayland, Francis, 1796–1865, American clergyman and educator, b. New York City, grad. Union College, 1813, and studied at Andover Theological Seminary. As pastor (1821–26) of the First…

Traoré, Moussa

(Encyclopedia) Traoré, Moussa, 1936–2020, Malian army officer and political leader. He served in the French army and, following independence in 1960, Mali's army, rising to the rank of lieutenant. In…