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Skeat, Walter William
(Encyclopedia)Skeat, Walter William, 1835β1912, English scholar and philologist. Skeat took holy orders in 1860, but illness cut short his church career. At Cambridge he served as a lecturer in mathematics (1864β...Cheney, Dick
(Encyclopedia)Cheney, Dick (Richard Bruce Cheney) chΔΛnΔ, chΔΛβ [key], 1941β, Vice President of the United States (2001β9), b. Lincoln, Nebr. His family moved to Casper, Wyo., when he was 13, and he atte...Steinman, Ralph Marvin
(Encyclopedia)Steinman, Ralph Marvin, 1943β2011, Canadian biologist, M.D. Harvard Medical School, 1968. He was a researcher and professor at Rockefeller Univ., New York City, from 1970 until his death in 2011. St...Heath, Sir Edward Richard George
(Encyclopedia)Heath, Sir Edward Richard George, 1916β2005, British statesman. Educated at Oxford, he served in the Royal Artillery during World War II, rising to the rank of colonel. He was elected to Parliament ...George I, king of Greece
(Encyclopedia)George I, 1845β1913, king of the Hellenes (1863β1913), second son of Christian IX of Denmark. After the deposition (1862) of Otto I, he was elected to succeed on the throne of Greece. Much more ef...George II, king of Greece
(Encyclopedia)George II, 1890β1947, king of the Hellenes (1922β23, 1935β47), successor and eldest son of King Constantine I. When Constantine I was forced by the Allies to abdicate in 1917, George, also suspe...George Washington Birthplace National Monument
(Encyclopedia)George Washington Birthplace National Monument: see Wakefield. ...George Washington Carver National Monument
(Encyclopedia)George Washington Carver National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...George V, king of Hanover
(Encyclopedia)George V, 1819β78, last king of Hanover (1851β66), son and successor of Ernest Augustus. He was blind after 1833. Fearing Hanover's absorption by Prussia, he sided with Austria in the Austro-Pruss...Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount 1746β1823, British admiral. After serving as a captain in the American Revolution and early French Revolutionary Wars, he was appointed (1795) vice admiral....Browse by Subject
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