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Haringey

(Encyclopedia)Haringey hârˈĭng-gāˌ [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England. Although defined as an ...

horror

(Encyclopedia)horror or horror story, literary genre in which an eerie, tense, often suspenseful atmosphere typically builds to the discovery of something repugnant, such as cannibalism, incest, or the killing of c...

Prescott, William

(Encyclopedia)Prescott, William, 1726–95, American Revolutionary officer, b. Groton, Mass. He saw service in the French and Indian Wars. In the American Revolution, he fortified (1775) Breed's Hill for the coloni...

Williams, Sir Bernard

(Encyclopedia)Williams, Sir Bernard (Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams), 1929–2003, English philosopher, grad. Oxford (1951). One of the most important philosophers of his era, he is credited with reviving the fie...

Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne

(Encyclopedia)Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne byörnˈstyĕrnə byörnˈsōn [key], 1832–1910, Norwegian writer and political leader, one of the major figures of Norwegian literature. He was an influential journalist, w...

Dyer, John

(Encyclopedia)Dyer, John, 1700?–1758, English nature poet, b. Wales. He is best known for the topographical poem Grongar Hill (1726). ...

Fiesole

(Encyclopedia)Fiesole fyāˈzōlā [key], town, Tuscany, central Italy. The villas and gardens of this tour...

Darjeeling

(Encyclopedia)Darjeeling or Darjiling both: därjēlˈĭng [key], town, West Bengal state, NE India, ne...

Tirumala

(Encyclopedia)Tirumala, sacred hill, India: see Tirupati. ...

Charles Mound

(Encyclopedia)Charles Mound, hill, an ancient burial mound 1,241 ft (378 m) high, NW Ill., near the Wis. line; highest point in the state.