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Shen

(Encyclopedia)Shen, in the Bible, place, perhaps close to Bethel, near which Samuel set up the stone Ebenezer.

McGuinness, Martin

(Encyclopedia)McGuinness, Martin (James Martin Pacelli McGuinness), 1950–2017, Northern Irish political leader, b. Derry. He joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as a young man and was active in both its regula...

Holiday, Billie

(Encyclopedia)Holiday, Billie, 1915–59, American singer, b. Baltimore. Her original name was Eleanora Fagan. She began singing professionally in 1930, and after performing with numerous bands—especially those o...

Dubuque

(Encyclopedia)Dubuque dəbyo͞okˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 59,667), seat of Dubuque co., NE Iowa, on the Mis...

Toynbee Hall

(Encyclopedia)Toynbee Hall: see Barnett, Samuel Augustus. ...

Cooper, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Cooper, Alexander: see under Cooper, Samuel. ...

Jeroham

(Encyclopedia)Jeroham jērōˈhăm [key]. In the Bible, Samuel's grandfather. ...

Ramah

(Encyclopedia)Ramah rāˈmə [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, NE ancient Palestine, allotted to Naphtali. 2 Town of Asher. 3 Unidentified town of Simeon, called Ramah of the south. It is apparently intended by the Ramo...

Thrale, Hester Lynch

(Encyclopedia)Thrale, Hester Lynch, later Mrs. Piozzi pēŏzˈē, pēôtˈtsē [key], 1741–1821, Englishwoman, noted for her intimate friendship with Samuel Johnson. Daughter of John Salusbury, she married (1763)...

Shiloh

(Encyclopedia)Shiloh shīˈlō [key], town, central ancient Palestine, the modern Khirbet Seilun, the West Bank, NNE of Jerusalem. In biblical times it lay in the territory of Ephraim. The Hebrews were, apparently,...