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Nelson, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Nelson, Robert, 1794โ1873, Canadian rebel, b. Montreal; brother of Wolfred Nelson. Like his brother, he was a surgeon in the War of 1812, and with him he entered the Legislative Assembly of Lower Ca...Nelson, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Nelson, Thomas, 1738โ89, American Revolutionary general, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Yorktown, Va. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress (1775โ77, 1779), commander (1777โ...Nelson, Willie
(Encyclopedia)Nelson, Willie, 1933โ, American country singer, guitarist, and songwriter, b. Abbott, Tex. Nelson began playing professionally at 10 and joined a western swing band as a teenager. In the 1960s he mo...Nelson, Wolfred
(Encyclopedia)Nelson, Wolfred, 1792โ1863, Canadian rebel, b. Montreal. A brother of Robert Nelson, Wolfred served as a surgeon in the War of 1812. In 1827 he entered the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada as a ...Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman
(Encyclopedia)Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman, American civil-rights workers in the South during the 1960s. Michael Schwerner (b. 1939) and Andrew Goodman (b. 1943), both white New Yorkers, went to Neshoba co., Miss...Darby, John Nelson
(Encyclopedia)Darby, John Nelson, 1800โ1882, one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren, b. England. In 1827 he left a curate's post in Wicklow, Ireland, and joined with others in Dublin to found the Brethren. ...Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth
(Encyclopedia)Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth, 1841โ1915, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, b. Foster, R.I. He rose in local politics as state assemblyman (1875โ76) and U.S. Representative (1879โ81) before he served a...Miles, Nelson Appleton
(Encyclopedia)Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839โ1925, American army officer, b. near Westminster, Mass. In 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he left his job in a Boston store and organized a company of volunteer...Nelson, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Nelson, city (1991 pop. 8,760), SE British Columbia, on the Kootenay River. It is a transportation and administrative center for a lumbering and farming region. ...Nelson, town, England
(Encyclopedia)Nelson, town (1991 pop. 30,449), Lancashire, N England. It has cotton and rayon factories and electrical engineering works.Browse by Subject
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