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Rockwell, Norman
(Encyclopedia)Rockwell, Norman, 1894–1978, American illustrator, b. New York City. One of America's favorite artists, Rockwell specialized in warm and humorous scenes of small-town American life, and from the lat...Brown, George
(Encyclopedia)Brown, George, 1818–80, Canadian statesman and journalist, b. Scotland. In 1837 he emigrated to the United States, but after five years in New York City, he settled in Toronto, Ont. There he founded...brown algae
(Encyclopedia)brown algae: see Phaeophyta.brown coal
(Encyclopedia)brown coal: see lignite.brown hematite
(Encyclopedia)brown hematite: see limonite.Almirante Brown
(Encyclopedia)Almirante Brown, Argentina: see Adrogué. ...brown thrush
(Encyclopedia)brown thrush: see mimic thrush.Brown Deer
(Encyclopedia)Brown Deer, village (2020 pop. 12,507), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1955. It is a residential suburb N of Milwaukee; consumer g...Brown, Harold
(Encyclopedia)Brown, Harold, 1927–2019, American nuclear physicist and government official, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1949. He joined (1952) the staff of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (now Lawrence Li...Lane, Ralph Norman Angell
(Encyclopedia)Lane, Ralph Norman Angell: see Angell, Sir Norman. ...Browse by Subject
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