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Ingersoll, Jared, American jurist

(Encyclopedia)Ingersoll, Jared, 1749–1822, American jurist, b. New Haven, Conn.; son of Jared Ingersoll (1722–81) and father of Charles Jared Ingersoll. After studying law in England, he was admitted (1773) to ...

Algerine War

(Encyclopedia)Algerine War ălˈjərēnˌ [key], early 19th-century conflict between Algiers and the United States. The Tripolitan War (1801–5) had brought a temporary halt to the pirate activities of the Barbary...

Bellini, Vincenzo

(Encyclopedia)Bellini, Vincenzo vēnchānˈtsō bĕl-lēˈnē [key], 1801–35, Italian opera composer. He acquired his musical training from his grandfather and father, and began composing religious and secular mu...

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne

(Encyclopedia)Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne ātyĕnˈ zhôfrwäˈ săNtēlĕrˈ [key], 1772–1844, French zoologist. He was professor at the Museum of Natural History (1793–1840) and also at the Faculty of Sc...

Lancaster, John of, duke of Bedford

(Encyclopedia)Lancaster, John of, duke of Bedford: see Bedford, John of Lancaster, duke of. ...

Lancaster, John of Gaunt, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Lancaster, John of Gaunt, duke of: see John of Gaunt. ...

John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford

(Encyclopedia)John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford: see Bedford, John of Lancaster, duke of. ...

Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem

(Encyclopedia)Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem: see Knights Hospitalers. ...

Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of, 1355–97, English nobleman; youngest son of Edward III. He was betrothed (1374) to Eleanor, heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, and became earl o...

District of Columbia, University of the

(Encyclopedia)District of Columbia, University of the, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; land-grant and federally supported; est. 1976 with the merger of three existing colleges; predominantly African American. I...