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Elliott, George Augustus

(Encyclopedia)Elliott, George Augustus: see Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar. ...

Smith, Donald Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Smith, Donald Alexander: see Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron. ...

Lecouvreur, Adrienne

(Encyclopedia)Lecouvreur, Adrienne ädrēĕnˈ ləko͞ovrörˈ [key], 1692–1730, French actress. With Michel Baron she helped change the traditional acting techniques of the French stage to a simpler, more natura...

Home, 14th earl of

(Encyclopedia)Home, 14th earl of: see Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel. ...

Christina

(Encyclopedia)Christina krĭstēˈnə [key], 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter and successor of Gustavus II. From her father's death (1632) until 1644 she was under a regency headed by Chancellor Axe...

monad

(Encyclopedia)monad: see Bruno, Giordano; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von. ...

Illimani

(Encyclopedia)Illimani ēyēmäˈnē [key], mountain, 21,184 ft (6,457 m) high, E Bolivia. One of the highest peaks of the Cordillera Real of the Bolivian Andes, it is permanently snowcapped. Illimani was first cli...

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