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(Encyclopedia)cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent...Wright brothers
(Encyclopedia)Wright brothers, American airplane inventors and aviation pioneers. Orville Wright 1871–1948, was born in Dayton, Ohio, and Wilbur Wright, 1867–1912, near New Castle, Ind. Their interest in aviati...Jones, Bobby
(Encyclopedia)Jones, Bobby: see Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr. ...Johnson Foundation
(Encyclopedia)Johnson Foundation: see Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. ...Meredith, Owen
(Encyclopedia)Meredith, Owen: see Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert. ...Mann Act
(Encyclopedia)Mann Act: see Mann, James Robert. ...Beagle, ship
(Encyclopedia)Beagle, naval vessel: see Darwin, Charles Robert. ...Schumann, Clara
(Encyclopedia)Schumann, Clara: see under Schumann, Robert Alexander. ...McCormick, Joseph Medill
(Encyclopedia)McCormick, Joseph Medill: see under McCormick, Robert Sanderson. ...Clement VII, antipope
(Encyclopedia)Clement VII, antipope (1378–94): see Robert of Geneva. ...Browse by Subject
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