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Powys, John Cowper

(Encyclopedia) Powys, John CowperPowys, John Cowperpōˈĭs [key], 1872–1963, British author and lecturer. In addition to his widely admired novels Wolf Solent (1929), and A Glastonbury Romance (1932),…

Johnson Newlon CAMDEN, Congress, WV (1828-1908)

Senate Years of Service: 1881-1887; 1893-1895Party: Democrat; DemocratCAMDEN, Johnson Newlon, (father of Johnson Newlon Camden, Jr.), a Senator from West Virginia; born in Collins Settlement,…

Gibbon, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Gibbon, Edward, 1737–94, English historian, author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. His childhood was sickly, and he had little formal education but read…

Cosgrave, William Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Cosgrave, William ThomasCosgrave, William Thomaskŏzˈgrāv [key], 1880–1965, Irish statesman; father of Liam Cosgrave. A member of Sinn Féin, he fought in the Easter Rebellion (1916) and…

Corneille, Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Corneille, PierreCorneille, Pierrepyĕr kôrnāˈyə [key], 1606–84, French dramatist, ranking with Racine as a master of French classical tragedy. Educated by Jesuits, he practiced law…

entrepreneur

(Encyclopedia) entrepreneurentrepreneuränˌtrəprənûrˈ [key] [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. It was first used as a…

Prometheus, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) PrometheusPrometheusprōmēˈthēəs [key], in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn XVI (or S16), Prometheus is an irregularly shaped (…

Cleanest U.S. Cities, 2011

Each year the American Lung Association issues their "State of the Air" report. They track ozone pollution, short-term particle, and year-round particle pollution…