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Strand, Mark

(Encyclopedia)Strand, Mark, 1934–2014, American poet, b. Prince Edward Island, Canada, grad. Antioch College (B.A., 1957), Yale (B.F.A., 1959), Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.A., 1962). Meditative and death-haunted, h...

Brétigny, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Brétigny, Treaty of brātēnyēˈ [key], 1360, concluded by England and France at Brétigny, a village near Chartres, France. It marked a low point in French fortunes in the Hundred Years War. After ...

Young Pretender

(Encyclopedia)Young Pretender: see Stuart, Charles Edward. ...

Meredith, Owen

(Encyclopedia)Meredith, Owen: see Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert. ...

Kienholz, Nancy Reddin

(Encyclopedia)Kienholz, Nancy Reddin: see under Kienholz, Edward. ...

Old Pretender

(Encyclopedia)Old Pretender: see Stuart, James Francis Edward. ...

Bonnie Prince Charlie

(Encyclopedia)Bonnie Prince Charlie: see Stuart, Charles Edward. ...

Black Prince

(Encyclopedia)Black Prince: see Edward the Black Prince. ...

Mackenzie, Alexander, Canadian political leader

(Encyclopedia)Mackenzie, Alexander, 1822–92, Canadian political leader, b. Scotland. Emigrating (1842) to Canada, he worked first as a stonemason in Kingston, Ont., and then as a builder and contractor in Sarnia....

Ellsworth, Lincoln

(Encyclopedia)Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880–1951, American explorer, b. Chicago, Ill. He was a surveyor and engineer in railroad building and later a prospector and mining engineer in NW Canada. He became the financia...