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Mayo, Charles Horace
(Encyclopedia) Mayo, Charles HoraceMayo, Charles Horacemāˈō [key], 1865–1939, American surgeon, b. Rochester, Minn., M.D. Northwestern Univ., 1888. He specialized in goiter and cataract operations.…Lie, Trygve Halvdan
(Encyclopedia) Lie, Trygve HalvdanLie, Trygve Halvdantrügˈvə hälvˈdän lē [key], 1896–1968, Norwegian statesman, first secretary-general of the United Nations. A lawyer and Labor party leader, he was…Mackenzie, Alexander, Canadian political leader
(Encyclopedia) Mackenzie, Alexander, 1822–92, Canadian political leader, b. Scotland. Emigrating (1842) to Canada, he worked first as a stonemason in Kingston, Ont., and then as a builder and…Channing, William Ellery
(Encyclopedia) Channing, William Ellery, 1780–1842, American Unitarian minister and author, b. Newport, R.I. At 23 he was ordained minister of the Federal St. Congregational Church in Boston, where…Dunbar, William, Scottish poet
(Encyclopedia) Dunbar, William, c.1460–c.1520, Scottish poet. After attending the Univ. of St. Andrews he was attached for some time to the Franciscans, probably as a novice. By 1491 he seems to have…Comenius, John Amos
(Encyclopedia) Comenius, John AmosComenius, John Amoskōmēˈnēəs [key], Czech Jan Amos Komenský, 1592–1670, Moravian churchman and educator, last bishop of the Moravian Church. Comenius advocated…Coffin, Charles Albert
(Encyclopedia) Coffin, Charles Albert, 1844–1926, American businessman, b. Fairfield, Maine. After working in his uncle's shoe business in Lynn, Mass., he established his own shoe factory, Coffin and…Greek Anthology
(Encyclopedia) Greek Anthology, a collection of short epigrammatic poems representing Greek literature from the 7th cent. b.c. to the 10th cent. a.d. It contains more than 6,000 poems on a variety of…Bushnell, Horace
(Encyclopedia) Bushnell, HoraceBushnell, Horaceb&oobreve;shˈnəl [key], 1802–76, American Congregational minister, b. Bantam, Conn. Bushnell became (1833) pastor of the North Church, Hartford,…Webb, Philip Speakman
(Encyclopedia) Webb, Philip Speakman, 1831–1915, English architect. His influence, together with that of R. N. Shaw and W. E. Nesfield, established after the mid-19th cent. a revival of residential…Trending
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