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Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st BaronKeyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baronkēz [key], 1872–1945, British admiral. In World War I he achieved his greatest fame as commander…Brooke, Alan Francis
(Encyclopedia) Brooke, Alan Francis: see Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount.Hovhaness, Alan
(Encyclopedia) Hovhaness, AlanHovhaness, Alanhōvhäˈnəs [key], 1911–2000, American composer, b. Somerville, Mass., as Alan Vaness Chakmakjian. Hovhaness was of Armenian and Scottish descent, and many…Zeebrugge
(Encyclopedia) ZeebruggeZeebruggezāˈbrŭˌgə [key], outer port of Bruges (Brugge), West Flanders prov., NW Belgium, on the North Sea. Zeebrugge was developed c.1900 to replace the silted-up port of…Eustace, Alan
(Encyclopedia) Eustace, Alan (Robert Alan Eustace), 1956–, American computer scientist and adventurer, b. Pine Hills, Fla., Ph.D. Univ. of Central Florida, 1984. He worked for Digital Equipment Corp…Lomax, John Avery
(Encyclopedia) Lomax, John AveryLomax, John Averylōˈmăks [key], 1867–1948, American folklorist, b. Goodman, Miss. Lomax's first book, Cowboy Songs (1910), contained for the first time in print such…Heeger, Alan Jay
(Encyclopedia) Heeger, Alan Jay, 1936–, American physicist and chemist, b. Sioux City, Iowa, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1961. Heeger has held faculty positions at the Univ. of Pennsylvania…Brewer's: Key
(See Kay.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Key-coldKex A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Keys
(See St. Sitha) Keys of stables and cowhouses have not unfrequently, even at the present day, a stone with a hole through it and a piece of horn attached to the handle. This is a relic…