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Noel-Baker, Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Noel-Baker, Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron, 1889–1982, British statesman, b. Philip John Baker. After helping to draft (1919) the Covenant of the League of Nations, he served (1929–31, 1936–70) a...

Dacre of Glanton, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dacre of Glanton, Baron: see Trevor-Roper, Hugh Redwald. ...

Open University

(Encyclopedia)Open University, headquartered at Milton Keynes, England; founded 1969 as the Univ. of the Air. In 1971 a distance learning program was begun that now consists of correspondence courses integrated wit...

Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron lo͞ogärdˈ [key], 1858–1945, British colonial administrator. After an early military career, he entered (1889) the service of the British East Afri...

Boyd Orr, John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Boyd Orr, John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron, 1880–1971, British nutritionist and agricultural scientist, b. Scotland, grad. Univ. of Glasgow. He was professor of agriculture at the Univ. of Aberdeen (1942–...

Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron dənsănˈē, –sā– [key], 1878–1957, Anglo-Irish author. His life was spent as a soldier and sportsman. Often dealing with the fantastic a...

Colborne, John

(Encyclopedia)Colborne, John: see Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron. ...

King, Henry

(Encyclopedia)King, Henry, 1592–1669, English poet. He became bishop of Chichester in 1642. Elegies constitute nearly half his work, his most notable being “The Exequy,” written on the death of his young wife...

Baron, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Baron or Boyron, Michel mēshĕlˈ bärôNˈ or bwärôNˈ [key], 1653–1729, one of the first great French actors. A protégé of Molière, he acted at the Hôtel de Bourgogne and at the Comédie Fr...

Duveen, Joseph, 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank

(Encyclopedia)Duveen, Joseph, 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank dyo͝ovēnˈ, do͞o– [key], 1869–1939, English art dealer, b. Hull. Beginning his career (1886) in his father's antiques firm, Duveen Brothers, he soon...