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Synge, John Millington

(Encyclopedia)Synge, John Millington sĭng [key], 1871–1909, Irish poet and dramatist, b. near Dublin, of Protestant parents. He was an important figure in the Irish literary renaissance. As a young man he studie...

Synge, Richard Laurence Millington

(Encyclopedia)Synge, Richard Laurence Millington, 1914–94, British biochemist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1941. Synge was a researcher at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, from 1943 to 1948 and at the Ro...

Millington

(Encyclopedia)Millington, city (1990 pop. 17,866), Shelby co., SW Tenn., a suburb of Memphis, in a livestock and cotton region; inc. 1903. Memphis Naval Air Station is a major source of employment. ...

Cuala Press

(Encyclopedia)Cuala Press ko͞oˈlä [key], private printing press founded in Dundrum, Ireland, in 1902 by Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, the sisters of William Butler Yeats. Called the Dun Emer Press until 1908, it beg...

Martin, Archer John Porter

(Encyclopedia)Martin, Archer John Porter, 1910–2002, English biochemist, educated at Cambridge. From 1938 to 1946 he carried on chemical research in the laboratories of the Wool Industries Association at Leeds, Y...

John, Saint

(Encyclopedia)John, Saint, one of the Twelve Apostles, traditional author of the fourth Gospel, three letters, and the Book of Revelation (see John, Gospel according to Saint; John, letters; Revelation); it is high...

St. John, John Pierce

(Encyclopedia)St. John, John Pierce, 1833–1916, American political reformer, b. Brookville, Ind. He traveled in the West and in South America, fought in the Union army in the Civil War, and after 1869 practiced l...

Cantacuzene, John

(Encyclopedia)Cantacuzene, John: see John VI, Byzantine emperor. ...

Sobieski, John

(Encyclopedia)Sobieski, John: see John III, king of Poland. ...

Zapolya, John

(Encyclopedia)Zapolya, John: see John I, king of Hungary. ...