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Kemble, George Stephen

(Encyclopedia)Kemble, George Stephen: see under Kemble, Roger. ...

Kemble, John Philip

(Encyclopedia)Kemble, John Philip: see under Kemble, Roger. ...

knight service

(Encyclopedia)knight service: see knight.

Sarah

(Encyclopedia)Sarah or Sarai: see Sara. ...

Knight, Bobby

(Encyclopedia)Knight, Bobby (Robert Montgomery Knight), 1940–, American basketball coach, b. Massillon, Ohio. A point guard at Ohio State (grad. 1962), Knight became (1963) an assistant coach at West Point and tw...

Knight, Charles

(Encyclopedia)Knight, Charles, 1874–1953, American artist, b. New York City. Knight painted and sculpted animal subjects. He is best known for his murals at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. ...

Churchill, Sarah

(Encyclopedia)Churchill, Sarah: see Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, duchess of. ...

Knight, Gwendolyn

(Encyclopedia)Knight, Gwendolyn: see Lawrence, Jacob. ...

Bernhardt, Sarah

(Encyclopedia)Bernhardt, Sarah bûrnˈhärt, Fr. bĕrnärˈ [key], 1844–1923, stage name of Rosine Bernard, French actress, b. Paris. At age 13 she entered the Paris Conservatory, and later attracted attention du...

Warren, Gouverneur Kemble

(Encyclopedia)Warren, Gouverneur Kemble gəvərnērˈ [key], 1830–82, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cold Spring, N.Y. An army engineer, he assisted in the survey of the Mississippi delta and also en...