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Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame
(Encyclopedia)Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame: see Cunninghame Graham, Robert Bontine. ...Claverhouse, John Graham of
(Encyclopedia)Claverhouse, John Graham of: see Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount. ...Phillips, David Graham
(Encyclopedia)Phillips, David Graham, 1867–1911, American writer, b. Madison, Ind., grad. College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1887. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati and New York City, rising to ...Frederick the Fair
(Encyclopedia)Frederick the Fair, c.1286–1330, German antiking (1314–26), duke of Austria, son of Albert I, German king. On the death of Henry VII, Holy Roman emperor and German king, the split between the supp...Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham
(Encyclopedia)Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham krērˈär [key], 1888–1965, Canadian general in World War II. He fought in World War I and later headed the Royal Military College. In 1940 he was made chief of the Cana...Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of
(Encyclopedia)Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of mŏntrōzˈ [key], 1612–50, Scottish nobleman and soldier. He succeeded to the earldom in 1626 and, feeling slighted by Charles I, joined the Cov...Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount klăvˈərəs, dŭndēˈ [key], 1649?–1689, Scottish soldier, known as Bonnie Dundee. After service abroad under William of Orange (later William III...Graham, Otto Everett, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Graham, Otto Everett, Jr., 1921–2003, American football player and coach, b. Waukegan, Ill. He was an All-American football and basketball player at Northwestern Univ. before he joined the Cleveland...MacDiarmid, Alan Graham
(Encyclopedia)MacDiarmid, Alan Graham, 1927–2007, American chemist, b. Masterton, New Zealand, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1953, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1955. MacDiarmid was on the faculty at the Univ. of Pennsyl...Flood, James Clair
(Encyclopedia)Flood, James Clair, 1826–89, American silver magnate, b. New York City. Having been apprenticed to a carriage maker, he left to join the California gold rush in 1849. The following year he returned ...Browse by Subject
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