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American University of Beirut
(Encyclopedia)American University of Beirut, at Beirut, Lebanon; English language; chartered by New York State in 1866 as Syrian Protestant College, rechartered 1920 as the American Univ. of Beirut. It has facultie...Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of: see Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset. ...Bruce, Thomas, 7th earl of Elgin
(Encyclopedia)Bruce, Thomas, 7th earl of Elgin: see Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of. ...Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, 3d Baron Fairfax of
(Encyclopedia)Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, 3d Baron Fairfax of: see Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, 3d Baron. ...Flynn, Michael Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Flynn, Michael Thomas, 1958–, U.S. military officer and government official, b. Middletown, R.I., Univ. of Rhode Island (B.S., 1981). Commissioned as ...North American Native art
(Encyclopedia)North American Native art, diverse traditional arts of Native North Americans. In recent years Native American arts have become commodities collected and marketed by nonindigenous Americans and Europe...American Colonization Society
(Encyclopedia)American Colonization Society, organized Dec., 1816–Jan., 1817, at Washington, D.C., to transport free blacks from the United States and settle them in Africa. The freeing of many slaves, principall...Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François, Abbé
(Encyclopedia)Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François, Abbé gēyōmˈ tômäˈ fräNswäˈ äbāˈ rānälˈ [key], 1713–96, French historian and philosopher. Raynal was a priest, but he was dismissed from his parish...Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of
(Encyclopedia)Worcester, Thomas Percy, earl of wo͝osˈtər [key], c.1344–1403, English nobleman; brother of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland. He served with considerable success in the wars in France and ...Dunbar, William, American scientist
(Encyclopedia)Dunbar, William, 1749–1810, American scientist in the old Southwest, b. near Elgin, Scotland. He came to America in 1771. Commissioned by President Jefferson to investigate the Ouachita and Red Rive...Browse by Subject
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