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Thomas, Michael Tilson

(Encyclopedia)Thomas, Michael Tilson, 1944–, American conductor, composer, and pianist, b. Hollywood, Calif. A musical prodigy, he won Tanglewood's Koussevitsky Prize at 24 and shortly thereafter (1969) made his ...

Coronado

(Encyclopedia)Coronado kŏrˌənäˈdō [key], city (2020 pop. 20,192), San Diego co., S Calif., on a peninsula on ...

Ipswich, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Ipswich, town (2020 pop. 13,785), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Ipswich River and Ipswich Bay; inc. 1634. Ipswich clams are found there. Tourism and the p...

Morrice, James Wilson

(Encyclopedia)Morrice, James Wilson môrˈĭs [key], 1865–1924, Canadian painter, b. Montreal. Abandoning law, he went to Paris, where he studied painting. He visited Venice, Trinidad, Tunis, and periodically ret...

Nieuwpoort

(Encyclopedia)Nieuwpoort or Nieuport both: nēˈo͝opôrt [key], town (1991 pop. 9,572), West Flanders prov., W Belgium, on the North Sea at the mouth of the Yser River. It is a fishing port, an industrial center, ...

Mindoro

(Encyclopedia)Mindoro mĭndôˈrō [key], island (1990 pop. 832,642), 3,759 sq mi (9,736 sq km), 7th largest of the Philippines, SW of Luzon. Its mountainous interior rises to c.8,500 ft (2,590 m) at Mt. Halcon. Wh...

Burlington, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Burlington, town, SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built on the shipmen...

Boca Raton

(Encyclopedia)Boca Raton bōˈkə rətōnˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 100,259), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; ...

Shute, Nevil

(Encyclopedia)Shute, Nevil (Nevil Shute Norway), 1899–1960, English novelist, b. Ealing, Middlesex, grad. Oxford, 1922. After serving in World War I, he was manager of a construction company until 1938. He fought...

Saint-Tropez

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Tropez săN-trôpāˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,760), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is a fashionable beach resort and a picturesque small fishing port, made famous by film ...