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Christie, Christopher James

(Encyclopedia)Christie, Christopher James: see New Jersey. ...

Thomas of Canterbury, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Thomas of Canterbury, Saint: see Thomas à Becket, Saint. ...

Ives, James Merritt

(Encyclopedia)Ives, James Merritt: see Currier & Ives. ...

Brackley, Thomas Egerton, Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Brackley, Thomas Egerton, Viscount: see Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron. ...

James, LeBron Raymone

(Encyclopedia)James, LeBron Raymone, 1984–, American basketball player, b. Akron, Ohio. The number-one draft pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers at age 18, “King James” has become one of the National Basketball A...

Hoffa, James Philip

(Encyclopedia)Hoffa, James Philip: see under Hoffa, Jimmy. ...

Mifflin, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Mifflin, Thomas, 1744–1800, American Revolutionary general and political leader, b. Philadelphia. Turning from business to public affairs, he was a member of the Pennsylvania provincial assembly and...

Cole, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Cole, Thomas, 1801–48, American landscape painter, b. England. He arrived in the United States in 1818 and moved to Ohio, where he was impressed by the beauty of the countryside. In 1825 he went to ...

Webb, Sidney James

(Encyclopedia)Webb, Sidney James: see under Webb, Beatrice Potter. ...

Robertson, James

(Encyclopedia)Robertson, James, 1742–1814, American frontiersman, a founder of Tennessee, b. Brunswick co., Va. He was reared in North Carolina. After the failure of the Regulator movement, he led (1771) a group ...