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Snow, C. P.

(Encyclopedia) Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester), 1905–80, English author and physicist. Snow had an active, varied career, including several important positions in the…

Byng, George

(Encyclopedia) Byng, George: see Torrington, George Byng, Viscount.

George, Fort

(Encyclopedia) George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.

Digby, George

(Encyclopedia) Digby, George: see Bristol, George Digby, 2d earl of.

George, Henry

(Encyclopedia) George, Henry, 1839–97, American economist, founder of the single tax movement, b. Philadelphia. Of a poor family, his formal education was cut short at 14, and in 1857 he emigrated to…

Monk, George

(Encyclopedia) Monk, George: see Monck, George, 1st duke of Albemarle.

Savile, George

(Encyclopedia) Savile, George: see Halifax, George Savile, 1st marquess of.

Fort George

(Encyclopedia) Fort George, river, c.480 mi (770 km) long, rising in Lake Nichicun, E Que., Canada. It flows W into James Bay at Fort George, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post.

Stephen, George

(Encyclopedia) Stephen, George: see Mount Stephen, George Stephen, 1st Baron.

Bellows, George Wesley

(Encyclopedia) Bellows, George Wesley, 1882–1925, American painter, draftsman, and lithographer, b. Columbus, Ohio. The son of an engineer, architect, and builder, he left Ohio State Univ. in his…