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Jones, Bobby
(Encyclopedia)Jones, Bobby: see Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr. ...Beagle, ship
(Encyclopedia)Beagle, naval vessel: see Darwin, Charles Robert. ...McCormick, Joseph Medill
(Encyclopedia)McCormick, Joseph Medill: see under McCormick, Robert Sanderson. ...Barrie, J. M.
(Encyclopedia)Barrie, J. M. (Sir James Matthew Barrie) bârˈē [key], 1860–1937, Scottish playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for his play Peter Pan (1904), a supernatural fantasy about a boy who refu...Carnegie, Andrew
(Encyclopedia)Carnegie, Andrew kärnĕgˈē, kärˈnəgē [key], 1835–1919, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. Dunfermline, Scotland. His father, a weaver, found it increasingly difficult to get work i...Lynd, Helen Merrell
(Encyclopedia)Lynd, Helen Merrell: see under Lynd, Robert Staughton. ...Clement VII, antipope
(Encyclopedia)Clement VII, antipope (1378–94): see Robert of Geneva. ...Triborough Bridge
(Encyclopedia)Triborough Bridge, New York City: see Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. ...Custis-Lee Mansion
(Encyclopedia)Custis-Lee Mansion, Va.: see Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial. ...Langdon, John
(Encyclopedia)Langdon, John, 1741–1819, American political leader, b. Portsmouth, N.H. A prosperous merchant, Langdon was active in pre-Revolutionary activities. In 1775 he became a delegate to the Continental Co...Browse by Subject
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