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Quercy

(Encyclopedia)Quercy kĕrsēˈ [key], region and former county, SW France, now divided between Lot and Tarn-et-Garonne depts. Cahors is the chief city. It consists of arid limestone plateaus (causses), cut by ferti...

Down

(Encyclopedia)Down, district, 246 sq mi (637 sq km), SE Northern Ireland. The principal town is Downpatrick. The shoreline extends along the Irish Sea and is deeply i...

Cunningham, Andrew Browne, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope

(Encyclopedia)Cunningham, Andrew Browne, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope hīndˈhōp [key], 1883–1963, British admiral. A long-seasoned naval officer—he fought in the South African War and World War I—Cun...

Fyn

(Encyclopedia)Fyn fün [key], Ger. Fünen, island, c.1,340 sq mi (3,471 sq km), Fyn co., S central Denmark....

Khama III

(Encyclopedia)Khama III käˈmä [key], d. 1923?, chief of the Ngwato people of Bechuanaland (now Botswana) from 1875 until his death; grandfather of Sir Seretse Khama. To counter threats from neighboring Africans ...

Wexford, county, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Wexford wĕksˈfərd [key], county (1991 pop. 102,069), 910 sq mi (2,357 sq km), SE Republic of Ireland. The county seat is the port city of Wexford. Most of the land is low and fertile, but on the we...

Berthier, Louis Alexandre

(Encyclopedia)Berthier, Louis Alexandre lwē älĕksäNˈdrə bĕrtyāˈ [key], 1753–1815, marshal of France. He served in the American Revolution and in the French Revolutionary Wars, distinguishing himself unde...

Spofford, Ainsworth Rand

(Encyclopedia)Spofford, Ainsworth Rand spŏfˈərd [key], 1825–1908, librarian of Congress of the United States, b. Belknap co., N.H. In 1861 he became chief assistant librarian of Congress and was appointed libr...

Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron, 1778–1863, British soldier and colonial administrator. He served in Egypt (1801) and Sicily (1806), participated (1808–14) in the Peninsular War, and helped to de...

Prevost, Sir George

(Encyclopedia)Prevost, Sir George prĕˈvō [key], 1767–1816, British soldier and governor in chief of Canada (1811–15). He held several administrative posts in the West Indies before becoming (1808) lieutenant...