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Speyer, John of
(Encyclopedia)Speyer, John of: see John of Speyer. ...Procida, John of
(Encyclopedia)Procida, John of: see John of Procida. ...Salisbury, John of
(Encyclopedia)Salisbury, John of: see John of Salisbury. ...Atholl
(Encyclopedia)Atholl ăthˈəl [key], successively an earldom, a marquisate, and a dukedom of Scotland. For Scottish nobles so entitled, use Stuart, John, and Murray, John. ...Haddington
(Encyclopedia)Haddington, town, East Lothian, SE Scotland. It has a large corn exchange. Farm machinery and textiles are manufactured, flour is milled, and grain is m...Mill, James
(Encyclopedia)Mill, James, 1773–1836, British philosopher, economist, and historian, b. Scotland; father of John Stuart Mill. Educated as a clergyman at Edinburgh through the patronage of Sir John Stuart, Mill ga...Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of
(Encyclopedia)Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of äôˈstə, –stä [key], 1869–1931, Italian general; son of King Amadeus of Spain and cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. In World War I he held the...Charles Edward Stuart
(Encyclopedia)Charles Edward Stuart: see Stuart, Charles Edward. ...Foote, Henry Stuart
(Encyclopedia)Foote, Henry Stuart, 1804–80, U.S. senator (1847–52) and governor of Mississippi (1852–54), b. Fauquier co., Va. An able criminal lawyer, he practiced in several different states. In the U.S. Se...Moore, Douglas Stuart
(Encyclopedia)Moore, Douglas Stuart, 1893–1969, American composer and teacher, b. Cutchogue, N.Y. Moore studied with Horatio Parker, Vincent D'Indy, Nadia Boulanger, and Ernest Bloch. In 1926 he joined the music ...Browse by Subject
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