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Bohlen, Charles Eustis

(Encyclopedia)Bohlen, Charles Eustis bōˈlən [key], 1904–74, American diplomat, born Clayton, N.Y. He entered (1929) the U.S. Foreign Service and undertook several consular assignments. A specialist in Russian ...

Norris, Charles Gilman

(Encyclopedia)Norris, Charles Gilman: see Norris, Frank. ...

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge

(Encyclopedia)Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge: see Carroll, Lewis. ...

Jeanneret, Charles Édouard

(Encyclopedia)Jeanneret, Charles Édouard: see Le Corbusier. ...

Higgins, William

(Encyclopedia)Higgins, William, b. 1762 or 1763, d. 1825, Irish chemist. After study at Oxford he became supervisor of the Royal Dublin Society's mineralogical collection and in 1800 the Society's professor of chem...

King Charles Land

(Encyclopedia)King Charles Land: see Kong Karls Land. ...

Browne, Charles Farrar

(Encyclopedia)Browne, Charles Farrar: see Ward, Artemus. ...

Gibson, William

(Encyclopedia)Gibson, William, 1948–, Canadian science fiction writer, b. Conway, S.C., moved to Canada in the 1960s. He first published short stories in sci-fi magazines; many are collected in Burning Chrome (19...

Van Doren, Charles

(Encyclopedia)Van Doren, Charles: see under Van Doren, Mark. ...

Roscoe, William

(Encyclopedia)Roscoe, William, 1753–1831, English historian and author. He was called to the bar in 1774, and later, as a member of Parliament, fought against the slave trade (1806). The Life of Lorenzo de' Medic...