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Blackmore, Richard Doddridge

(Encyclopedia)Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, 1825–1900, English novelist. Although trained as a lawyer and called to the bar, he abandoned his legal career because of ill health. His reputation rests chiefly on hi...

Hersey, John Richard

(Encyclopedia)Hersey, John Richard hûrˈsē [key], 1914–93, American author, b. China, grad. Yale, 1936, where he later taught writing (1965–84); studied Cambridge. Reflecting his experiences as a war correspo...

Branson, Sir Richard

(Encyclopedia)Branson, Sir Richard (Richard Charles Nicholas Branson), 1950–, British business mogul and adventurer. He left school at 16 to start his first business, the magazine Student. In 1970 he began a mail...

Dalrymple, James

(Encyclopedia)Dalrymple, James: see Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount. ...

Thomas, David Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Thomas, David Alfred: see Rhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount. ...

Hoare, Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Hoare, Samuel: see Templewood, Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount. ...

Harmsworth, Harold Sidney

(Encyclopedia)Harmsworth, Harold Sidney: see Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount. ...

Brooke, Alan Francis

(Encyclopedia)Brooke, Alan Francis: see Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. ...

Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of, 1342–1408, English nobleman. He fought in France in the Hundred Years War, became warden of the Scottish Marches, and was a supporter of John Wyclif. Create...

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

(Encyclopedia)King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian political leader, b. Kitchener, Ont.; grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie. An expert on labor questions, he served in Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal admin...