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James, Thomas, English navigator and explorer

(Encyclopedia)James, Thomas, 1593?–1635?, English navigator and explorer (1631) of James Bay. Financed by Bristol merchants, he sailed in command of the Henrietta Maria in the spring of 1631 to find the Northwest...

Best, Charles Herbert

(Encyclopedia)Best, Charles Herbert, 1899–1978, Canadian physiologist, b. West Pembroke, Maine. With F. G. Banting and J. R. R. Macleod he discovered (1921) the use of insulin in the treatment of diabetes. He was...

Lane, Sir Ralph

(Encyclopedia)Lane, Sir Ralph, c.1530–1603, leader of the first attempted English settlement in America, on Roanoke Island, N.C. Sent by Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition of over 100 colonists left England in Ap...

Grand Army of the Republic

(Encyclopedia)Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), organization established by Civil War veterans of the Union army and navy. Principal figures in the founding of the GAR were John A. Logan and Richard J. Oglesby. The...

Garnett, David

(Encyclopedia)Garnett, David: see Garnett, Richard. ...

Garnett, Edward

(Encyclopedia)Garnett, Edward: see Garnett, Richard. ...

Jukes

(Encyclopedia)Jukes: see Dugdale, Richard Louis. ...

Sheridan, Frances

(Encyclopedia)Sheridan, Frances: see Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. ...

Garnett, Constance (Black)

(Encyclopedia)Garnett, Constance (Black): see Garnett, Richard. ...

Ingoldsby, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Ingoldsby, Thomas: see Barham, Richard Harris. ...