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Gordon riots

(Encyclopedia)Gordon riots: see Gordon, Lord George. ...

Saint Stephens

(Encyclopedia)Saint Stephens: see Gaines, George Strother. ...

Steiner, Zara

(Encyclopedia)Steiner, Zara: see under Steiner, George. ...

Liverpool

(Encyclopedia)Liverpool, city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 448,300), NW England, on the Mersey River near its mouth. It is one of Britain's largest cities. A large center for food processing (especially flou...

Evans, Mary Ann

(Encyclopedia)Evans, Mary Ann or Marian: see Eliot, George. ...

Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of

(Encyclopedia)Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of ăbˌədēnˈ [key], 1784–1860, British statesman. He served (1813) as ambassador extraordinary at Vienna and helped arrange (1814) the peace terms at P...

Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of dûrˈ əm [key], 1792–1840, British statesman. A stormy liberal career in Parliament (1813–32), which earned him the nickname Radical Jack, culminated in ...

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