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Pepper, Beverly

(Encyclopedia)Pepper, Beverly, American sculptor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. She lived in Italy from the 1950s. Pepper began as a social realist painter but soon turned to sculpture, inspired by the carvings at Angkor Wat (...

Llywelyn ap Gruffydd

(Encyclopedia)Llywelyn or Llewelyn ap Gruffydd hləwĕlˈĭn äp grĭfˈĭᵺ, lo͞oĕlˈĭn [key], d. 1282, Welsh prince, grandson of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. He succeeded (1246) his uncle, David II, as ruler of Nort...

George V, king of Great Britain and Ireland

(Encyclopedia)George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert), 1865–1936, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1910–36), second son and successor of Edward VII. At the age of 12 he commenced a naval career, but this en...

George VI, king of Great Britain and Ireland

(Encyclopedia)George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George), 1895–1952, king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936–52), second son of George V; successor of his elder brother, Edward VIII. He attended the ro...

Souris East

(Encyclopedia)Souris East, town (1991 pop. 1,333), NE Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Settled in 1748 by Acadians, it is a fishing port. ...

Chichibu

(Encyclopedia)Chichibu chēˈchēbo͞o [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Japan, on the Ara River. It is a ...

Falköping

(Encyclopedia)Falköping fälˈchöˌpĭng [key], city, Skaraborg co., S Sweden, between lakes Vänern and ...

Quiriguá

(Encyclopedia)Quiriguá kērēgwäˈ, kērēwäˈ [key], city of the Classic epoch of the Maya, E Guatemala. It is famous for its zoomorphics. Its stone steles have fine hieroglyphs. Near the ruins the United Fruit...

Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace

(Encyclopedia)Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace (Ma Ferguson): see under Ferguson, James Edward. ...

pavement

(Encyclopedia)pavement, the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common...