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Clark, John Bates

(Encyclopedia)Clark, John Bates, 1847–1938, American economist, b. Providence, R.I. He studied economics in the U.S. and Germany, and taught at Columbia Univ. and several other colleges in the United States. In 1...

Cutler Bay

(Encyclopedia)Cutler Bay, (2020 pop.45,425), Miami-Dade co., SE Fla.; inc. 2005. Previously known as the unicorporated town of Cutler Ridge, the area was named for D...

Davis, Dwight Filley

(Encyclopedia)Davis, Dwight Filley, 1879–1945, American tennis player and public official, b. St. Louis, grad. Harvard, 1900, and Washington Univ. law school. An outstanding tennis player, Davis donated in 1900 a...

Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount ôlˈvərstən [key], 1842–1915, lord chief justice of England (1900–1913). He served on various international arbitration commissions, including ...

Bajer, Fredrik

(Encyclopedia)Bajer, Fredrik frāᵺˈrĭk bīˈər [key], 1837–1922, Danish pacifist and writer. He helped found the International Peace Bureau at Bern in 1891, and he shared the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize with K. P...

Friends Service Council

(Encyclopedia)Friends Service Council (FSC), standing committee est. 1927 by the Religious Society of Friends that was responsible for the overseas work of Quakers from Great Britain and Ireland. Devoted to Quaker ...

High Point

(Encyclopedia)High Point, city (2020 pop. 114,059), Davidson, Guilford, and Randolph counties, N N.C., in a heavily forested Piedmont region; settled before 1750, inc...

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell

(Encyclopedia)Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903–87, American architectural historian, b. Boston. Educated at Harvard, Hitchcock taught at Smith College and New York Univ. His writings, which helped to define modern ...

Ducommun, Élie

(Encyclopedia)Ducommun, Élie ālēˈ dükômöNˈ [key], 1833–1906, Swiss journalist and pacifist. He organized (1891) the International Peace Bureau at Bern and shared the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize with C. A. Goba...

Keflavík

(Encyclopedia)Keflavík kĕpˈlävēkˌ [key], town (1993 pop. 7,584), SW Iceland, on the Faxaflói, W of Reykjavík. It is a major fishing port, best known for its large international airport, which was built by t...