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Inverness, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Inverness ĭnˌvərnĕsˈ [key], town, Highland, N Scotland, on the Moray Firth at the mouth of the ...

McCloskey, Robert

(Encyclopedia)McCloskey, Robert (John Robert McCloskey) məklŏˈskē [key], 1914–2003, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Hamilton, Ohio. He studied at the Vesper George Art School, Boston, ...

Hayden, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Hayden, Robert hāˈdən [key], 1913–80, American poet, b. Detroit. After earning his M.A. at the Univ. of Michigan, he taught there and at Fisk Univ. Although the tone of his poems is quiet and oft...

Beverley, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Beverley, Robert bĕvˈərlē [key], 1673–1722, Virginia colonial historian, author of The History and Present State of Virginia (1705). A substantial planter and colonial official, he wrote his boo...

Nairn, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Nairn, former county, Scotland: see Nairnshire. ...

Lanark, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Lanark, former county, Scotland: see Lanarkshire. ...

Renfrew, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Renfrew, former county, Scotland: see Renfrewshire. ...

Banff, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Banff, former county, Scotland: see Banffshire. ...

Selkirk, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Selkirk, former county, Scotland: see Selkirkshire. ...

Ayr, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Ayr, former county, Scotland: see Ayrshire. ...