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Lancaster, John of Gaunt, duke of
(Encyclopedia)Lancaster, John of Gaunt, duke of: see John of Gaunt. ...Aymer of Valence, earl of Pembroke
(Encyclopedia)Aymer of Valence, earl of Pembroke: see Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl of. ...Parisi, Giorgio
(Encyclopedia)Parisi, Giorgio, 1948–, Italian physicist, Ph.D. Sapienza University of Rome, 1970. Parisi is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Sapienza University....grackle
(Encyclopedia)grackle, common name applied to some members of the New World family Icteridae, which also includes blackbirds, orioles, meadowlarks, cowbirds, and others. The plumage of the purple, or common, grackl...Manabe, Syukuro
(Encyclopedia)Manabe, Syukuro, 1931– , Japanese climatologist and meteorologist, D.Sc. University of Tokyo, 1958. Manabe has been instrumental in the development of...Harper, William Rainey
(Encyclopedia)Harper, William Rainey, 1856–1906, American educator and Hebrew scholar, b. New Concord, Ohio, grad. Muskingum College, 1870, Ph.D. Yale, 1875. The author of many texts on Hebrew language and litera...Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem
(Encyclopedia)Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem: see Knights Hospitalers. ...Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of
(Encyclopedia)Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of: see Knights Hospitalers. ...Fackenthal, Frank Diehl
(Encyclopedia)Fackenthal, Frank Diehl făkˈənthôl [key], 1883–1968, American educator, b. Hellertown, Pa., grad. Columbia, 1906. He served Columbia as chief clerk (1906–10), secretary (1910–37), and provos...Klobuchar, Amy Jean
(Encyclopedia) Klobuchar, Amy Jean, Senator from Minnesota, 1960- , b. Plymouth, Mn,, Yale University (B.A., 1982), University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1985)....Browse by Subject
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