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Bragg, Sir William Henry
(Encyclopedia) Bragg, Sir William Henry, 1862–1942, English physicist, educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served on the faculties of the Univ. of…Castiglione, Baldassare, Conte
(Encyclopedia) Castiglione, Baldassare, ConteCastiglione, Baldassare, Contebäldäs-säˈrā kōnˈtā kästēlyōˈnā [key], 1478–1529, Italian soldier, author, and statesman attached to the court of the duke…Tintern Abbey
(Encyclopedia) Tintern Abbey, ruins of an abbey, Monmouthshire, W. England, near Chepstow. It was founded for Cistercians in 1131 by Walter de Clare and now consists mainly of 13th- and 14-century…Harvey
(Encyclopedia) Harvey, city (2020 pop. 20,324), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb S of Chicago; inc. 1895. Its manufactures include steel castings, metal…Most Valuable Player: Basketball Players, Sports
Most Valuable Player The Maurice Podoloff Trophy; voting by 115-member panel of local and national pro basketball writers and broadcasters. Each ballot has five entries; points awarded on 10-…1998-99 NBA Western Conference Playoffs First Round
W-L Avg. Leading Scorer Minnesota 1-3 80.5 Garnett (21.8) San Antonio 3-1 86.8 Johnson (19.5) Date Winner Home Court May 9 Spurs…Long, Crawford Williamson
(Encyclopedia) Long, Crawford Williamson, 1815–78, American physician, b. Danielsville, Ga., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1839. He practiced in Jefferson, Ga. In 1842 he excised a tumor of the neck…Sangster, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Sangster, Charles, 1822–93, Canadian poet, b. Ontario. At first an imitator of Byron, he became, with the publication of Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics (1860), the first notable…Pausanias, geographer of ancient Greece
(Encyclopedia) Pausanias, fl. a.d. 150, traveler and geographer, probably b. Lydia. His Description of Greece is an invaluable source for the topography, monuments, and legends of ancient Greece.…Southern Methodist University
(Encyclopedia) Southern Methodist University, at Dallas, Tex.; United Methodist; coeducational; chartered 1911. The school's facilities include laboratories for electron microscopy and stable…Trending
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