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King's College, University of
(Encyclopedia)King's College, University of: see Dalhousie Univ. ...Massachusetts State Teachers College
(Encyclopedia)Massachusetts State Teachers College: see Framingham State Univ. ...Patton, George Smith, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Patton, George Smith, Jr., 1885–1945, American general, b. San Gabriel, Calif. A graduate of West Point (1909), he served in World War I and was wounded while commanding a tank brigade in France. Su...O'Brien, William Smith
(Encyclopedia)O'Brien, William Smith, 1803–64, Irish revolutionary. He entered Parliament from Ireland in 1828 and worked for Catholic Emancipation, Irish poor relief, and state support of the Irish Catholic cler...Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
(Encyclopedia)Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania: see Medical College of Pennsylvania. ...New Jersey College for Women
(Encyclopedia)New Jersey College for Women: see Rutgers Univ. ...College of Physicians and Surgeons
(Encyclopedia)College of Physicians and Surgeons: see Columbia Univ. ...Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of bûrˈkənhĕdˌ [key], 1872–1930, British statesman and jurist. He was called to the bar in 1899 and entered the House of Commons as a Conservative in...Holy Cross, College of the
(Encyclopedia)Holy Cross, College of the, at Worcester, Mass.; Jesuit; founded and opened 1843, chartered 1865 as a school for men, coeducational since 1972. Noteworthy among its facilities are the O'Callahan Scien...Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron străthkōˈnə [key], 1820–1914, Canadian fur trader, financier, and railroad builder, b. Scotland. Coming to Canada in 1838, he was hi...Browse by Subject
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