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Briggs, Le Baron Russell

(Encyclopedia)Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855–1934, American educator, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1875; M.A., 1882). As a teacher at Harvard he developed, with Barrett Wendell, a prescribed and widely i...

Russell, Francis, dukes and earls of Bedford

(Encyclopedia)Russell, Francis, dukes and earls of Bedford: see Russell, family. ...

Russell, John, dukes and earls of Bedford

(Encyclopedia)Russell, John, dukes and earls of Bedford: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Russell, 4th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, John Russell, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Russell, 1st earl of: see Russell, family. ...

Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of: see Russell, family. ...

James, Jesse

(Encyclopedia)James, Jesse (Woodson), 1847–82, American outlaw, b. Clay co., Mo. At the age of 15 he joined the Confederate guerrilla band led by William Quantrill and participated in the brutal and bloody civil ...

James, William

(Encyclopedia)James, William, 1842–1910, American philosopher, b. New York City, M.D. Harvard, 1869; son of the Swedenborgian theologian Henry James and brother of the novelist Henry James. In 1872 he joined the ...