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Russell, John, dukes and earls of Bedford
(Encyclopedia)Russell, John, dukes and earls of Bedford: 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. ...Popé
(Encyclopedia)Popé pōpāˈ [key], d. c.1690, medicine man of the Pueblo. In defiance of the Spanish conquerors, he practiced his traditional religion and preached the doctrine of independence from Spanish rule an...Jack Russell terrier
(Encyclopedia)Jack Russell terrier, breed of dog developed in the 19th cent. by an English clergyman, the Rev. John (Parson Jack) Russell, 1795–1883, for hunting. The Jack Russell resembles the fox terrier and, l...Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of
(Encyclopedia)Bedford, John Robert Russell, 13th duke of: see Russell, family. ...Banks, Russell
(Encyclopedia)Banks, Russell, 1940–, American writer, b. Newton, Mass., grad. Univ. of North Carolina (1967). Banks is known for fiction that explores the bleaker aspects of American working-class life with empat...Russell, Morgan
(Encyclopedia)Russell, Morgan, 1886–1953, American painter, b. New York City. Russell, together with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, founded synchromism in Paris in 1913. Structuring his paintings on interlocking plane...pope
(Encyclopedia)pope: see papacy; Popes of the Roman Catholic Church, table; Roman Catholic Church. ...Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3d Earl
(Encyclopedia)Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3d Earl, 1872–1970, British philosopher, mathematician, and social reformer, b. Trelleck, Wales. As with his philosophical stance, Russell's positions on ...Browse by Subject
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