Columbia Encyclopedia
Search results
500 results found
von der Leyen, Ursula
(Encyclopedia)von der Leyen, Ursula, 1958–, German politician, b. Brussels, Belgium, as Ursula Albrecht. She studied economics and medicine, worked (1988–92) at Hanover Medical School's (MHH) gynecological clin...Göttingen
(Encyclopedia)Göttingen götˈĭng-ən [key], city, Lower Saxony, central Germany, on the Leine River. It is ...Barnard College
(Encyclopedia)Barnard College: see Columbia University. ...Columbia College
(Encyclopedia)Columbia College: see Columbia University. ...Radcliffe College
(Encyclopedia)Radcliffe College: see Harvard University. ...Antioch College
(Encyclopedia)Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1852, opened 1853. Horace Mann, Antioch's first president, envisioned a program stressing the development not only of the intellect b...Smith, Goldwin
(Encyclopedia)Smith, Goldwin, 1823–1910, English educator, historian, and journalist. Educated at Oxford, he took a prominent part in executing reforms at the university and became (1858) professor of modern hist...Sewanee
(Encyclopedia)Sewanee: see South, University of the. ...Pembroke College
(Encyclopedia)Pembroke College, Providence, R.I.: see Brown University. ...Lehman College
(Encyclopedia)Lehman College: see New York, City University of. ...Browse by Subject
- Earth and the Environment +-
- History +-
- Literature and the Arts +-
- Medicine +-
- People +-
- Philosophy and Religion +-
- Places +-
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia and Oceania
- Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries
- Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic Nations
- Germany, Scandinavia, and Central Europe
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Oceans, Continents, and Polar Regions
- Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and the Balkans
- United States, Canada, and Greenland
- Plants and Animals +-
- Science and Technology +-
- Social Sciences and the Law +-
- Sports and Everyday Life +-
