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Saint George's

(Encyclopedia)Saint George's or Saint George, town (1991 pop. 4,439), capital of Grenada, in the West Indies. A port town on a deep and beautiful harbor, it is the administrative headquarters of the country and a g...

Byng, George

(Encyclopedia)Byng, George: see Torrington, George Byng, Viscount. ...

George, Fort

(Encyclopedia)George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. ...

Kremer, Michael Robert

(Encyclopedia)Kremer, Michael Robert, 1964–, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Harvard, 1992. After serving as a postdoctoral fellow (1992–93) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he taught e...

Digby, George

(Encyclopedia)Digby, George: see Bristol, George Digby, 2d earl of. ...

George, Henry

(Encyclopedia)George, Henry, 1839–97, American economist, founder of the single tax movement, b. Philadelphia. Of a poor family, his formal education was cut short at 14, and in 1857 he emigrated to California; t...

Monk, George

(Encyclopedia)Monk, George: see Monck, George, 1st duke of Albemarle. ...

Savile, George

(Encyclopedia)Savile, George: see Halifax, George Savile, 1st marquess of. ...

Fort George

(Encyclopedia)Fort George, river, c.480 mi (770 km) long, rising in Lake Nichicun, E Que., Canada. It flows W into James Bay at Fort George, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post. ...

Stephen, George

(Encyclopedia)Stephen, George: see Mount Stephen, George Stephen, 1st Baron. ...