(Encyclopedia) Alamanni or Alemanni, LuigiAlamanni or Alemanni, Luigil&oomacr;ēˈjē älämänˈnē, älā– [key], 1495–1556, Italian poet and patriot. He was a friend of Macchiavelli, who may have…
(Encyclopedia) Hereward the WakeHereward the Wakehĕrˈĭwərd [key], fl. 1070, Anglo-Saxon rebel against William I. A thane, he apparently held land in Lincolnshire. In 1070 he sacked Peterborough with…
(Encyclopedia) Shan StateShan Stateshän [key], state (1983 pop. 3,718,706), c.60,000 sq mi (155,400 sq km), E central Myanmar. Taunggyi, the capital, and Lashio are its principal cities. It borders…
HUDSON, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from Kansas; born near Jamestown, Boone County, Ind., October 30, 1839; attended Lebanon (Ind.) Academy and Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.;…
“Jonny Rebel” A Confederate soldier during the Civil War. “Billy Yank” A Union soldier during the Civil War.“Doughboy” A World War I Soldier. “Dogface” A World War II and Korean War…
Comer Vann Woodwardhistorian Born: 11/13/1908Birthplace: Vanndale, Arkansas Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller and historian who chronicled the upheaval of the turbulent South, as well as its…
(Encyclopedia) Sierra MadreSierra Madresēĕrˈə mäˈdrā [key], residential city (1990 pop. 10,762), Los Angeles co., S Calif., at the foot of Mt. Wilson; inc. 1907. There is some light manufacturing.
(Encyclopedia) Benn, Anthony Wedgwood (Tony Benn), 1925–2014, British politician, b. London, grad. New College, Oxford. After working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (1949–50), he was…
