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Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of

(Encyclopedia) Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl ofDerby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl ofdärˈbē [key], 1826–93, British politician, son of the 14th earl. Although more liberal than his father…

General Grant National Memorial

(Encyclopedia) General Grant National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Stanley N. Cohen

Born: 1935Birthplace: Perth Amboy, N.J. Recombinant DNA technology—Biochemists Boyer and Cohen combined their expertise in 1973 to create the first genetically engineered organism. They did this…

Churches of God, General Conference

(Encyclopedia) Churches of God, General Conference, conservative evangelical Christian bodies, Arminian in faith (see Jacobus Arminius), with certain Baptist doctrines. The movement originated during…

United Nations Secretaries-General (table)

(Encyclopedia) United Nations Secretaries-General Secretary-General Nationality Dates in Office Trygve Halvdan Lie Norwegian 1946–53 Dag Hammarskjöld Swedish 1953–61 U Thant Burmese 1962–71…

Aratus, Greek statesman and general

(Encyclopedia) Aratus, d. 213 b.c., Greek statesman and general of Sicyon, prime mover and principal leader of the Second Achaean League. His objective at first was to free the Peloponnesus from…

Hasdrubal d. 221 b.c., Carthaginian general

(Encyclopedia) HasdrubalHasdrubalhăzˈdr&oomacr;bəl [key], d. 221 b.c., Carthaginian general. He fought under his father-in-law, Hamilcar Barca, in Africa and in Spain, where he succeeded (229 or…

Bowman, Scotty

(Encyclopedia) Bowman, Scotty (William Scott Bowman), 1933–, Canadian hockey coach. A serious head injury in junior hockey led him to turn to coaching, and in 1967 he moved to the National Hockey…