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Ekimov, Alexei
(Encyclopedia)Alexei Ekimov, 1945– , b. Leningrad, USSR, Russian physicist, studied at Leningrad State University and Ioffe Institute of the Russian Academy of Scie...Muhammad Abduh
(Encyclopedia)Muhammad Abduh 1849–1905, Egyptian Muslim religious reformer. His encounter in 1872 with Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, in the Cairo mosque-university of al-Azhar, led to his transition from asceticism to...Agostini, Pierre
(Encyclopedia)Pierre Agostini,1941– , b. Tunis, Tunisia, French physicist, studied at Prytanée Militaire La Flèche (B.A.) and Université Aix-Marseille (Ph.D., 1968). He is an emeritus professor at ...Warner, William Lloyd
(Encyclopedia)Warner, William Lloyd, 1898–1970, U.S. social anthropologist, b. Redlands, Calif., B.A., Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1925. After studying the Australian aborigines (1927–29), he applied the res...Baranovichi
(Encyclopedia)Baranovichi bäränôvēˈchĕ [key], city, in W Belarus. It is a major railway junction and has ...Barddhaman
(Encyclopedia)Barddhaman bərdwänˈ [key], city, West Bengal state, E central India. It has industries in ...Dartford
(Encyclopedia)Dartford, city and district, Kent, SE England, near London. Industries include flour milling and the manufacture of paper, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, a...Northfleet
(Encyclopedia)Northfleet, town (1991 pop. 26,250), Kent, SE England. Shipbuilding and the production of cement and paper are the main industries. In the center of town is a Roman Catholic church designed by George ...Weald, the
(Encyclopedia)Weald, the wēld [key], area between the North Downs and the South Downs, SE England, forming part of the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, and Kent. Formerly forested and once noted for i...Tonbridge and Malling
(Encyclopedia)Tonbridge and Malling tŭnˈbrĭj [key], district (1991 pop. 99,100), Kent, SE England. The town of Tonbridge is mainly residential with light industry, including printing and sawmilling. It is a rail...Browse by Subject
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