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Hopkinson, Francis

(Encyclopedia)Hopkinson, Francis, 1737–91, American writer and musician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Philadelphia. A practicing lawyer, Hopkinson was also an accomplished poet, essayist, and mus...

Huambo

(Encyclopedia)Huambo nōˈvə lēzhvōˈə [key], city (1983 est. pop. 203,000), W central Angola. The chief town of inland Angola, Huambo stands on a high plateau and serves as a road, rail, and air transport hub ...

Itagaki, Taisuke

(Encyclopedia)Itagaki, Taisuke tīˈso͞okē ētäˈgäkē [key], 1837–1919, Japanese statesman. After taking part in the Meiji restoration, he became (1869) a councillor of state. A samurai of Tosa, he opposed d...

Easton

(Encyclopedia)Easton, city (2020 pop. 27,087), seat of Northampton co., E. Pa., at the junction of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers; founded 1751 by Thomas Penn, inc. a...

Ellicott City

(Encyclopedia)Ellicott City, city (2020 pop. 75,947), seat of Howard co., in Baltimore and Howard cos., central Md., on the Patapsco River; settled 1774 as Ellicott M...

Guelleh, Ismaïl Omar

(Encyclopedia)Guelleh, Ismaïl Omar hĭsˈmäĭl ōˈmär gĕlˈlä [key], 1947–, Djiboutian political leader, b. Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. He moved to Djibouti (then a French territory) in the late 1960s and joined t...

Kaboré, Roch Marc Christian

(Encyclopedia)Kaboré, Roch Marc Christian, 1957–, Burkinabé political leader. Following a career in banking, he joined Blaise Compaoré's government, serving as minister of transport and communications (1989–...

Kirk, Grayson Louis

(Encyclopedia)Kirk, Grayson Louis, 1903–97, American educator, b. Jeffersonville, Ohio, grad. Miami Univ., 1924, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1930. He taught at Wisconsin from 1929, then became a professor of govern...

Stambulov, Stefan

(Encyclopedia)Stambulov, Stefan stĕˈfän stämbo͞oˈlôf [key], 1854–95, Bulgarian politician. Protesting Ottoman rule in Bulgaria, he led the unsuccessful revolt of 1876, which was ruthlessly suppressed by th...

Batlle y Ordóñez, José

(Encyclopedia)Batlle y Ordóñez, José hōsāˈ bätˈyāˈ ē ôrdōˈnyās [key], 1856–1929, president of Uruguay (1903–7, 1911–15). A journalist and the head of the Colorado party, Batlle was a campaigner...