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Conway Cabal
(Encyclopedia) Conway Cabal, 1777, intrigue in the American Revolution to remove George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army. Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and…apostrophe, figure of speech
(Encyclopedia) apostrophe, figure of speech in which an absent person, a personified inanimate being, or an abstraction is addressed as though present. The term is derived from a Greek word meaning “…Barnes, Barnabe
(Encyclopedia) Barnes, Barnabe, 1569?–1609, English poet. His major work is Parthenophil and Parthenophe (1593), a collection of sonnets, madrigals, elegies, and odes. He also wrote A Divine Century…Barrow, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Barrow, Isaac, 1630–77, English mathematician and theologian. His method of finding tangents prefigured the differential calculus developed by Isaac Newton. He was professor of…Browne, Thomas Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Browne, Thomas Alexander, pseud. Rolf BoldrewoodRolf Boldrewoodrōf bôlˈdərw&oobreve;dˌ, rôlf [key], 1826–1915, Australian author. A squatter, a magistrate, and a commissioner in…Binns, John Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Binns, John Alexander, c.1761–1813, American agriculturist, b. Loudoun co., Va. He was one of the first to experiment with gypsum as a fertilizer and to convince others of its efficacy…Epirus
(Encyclopedia) EpirusEpirusĕpīˈrəs [key], ancient country of Greece, on the Ionian Sea and W of Macedon and Thessaly, a region now occupied by NW Greece and S Albania. At the time of Homer, Epirus…Murray, Alexander Stuart
(Encyclopedia) Murray, Alexander Stuart, 1841–1904, Scottish archaeologist. He was assistant keeper (1867–86) and keeper (from 1886) of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum. From 1894 to…Metuchen
(Encyclopedia) MetuchenMetuchenmətŭchˈən [key], borough (1990 pop. 12,804), Middlesex co., NE N.J.; settled before 1700, inc. 1900. Although chiefly residential, it manufactures metal products,…Neill, Alexander Sutherland
(Encyclopedia) Neill, Alexander Sutherland, 1883–1973, English educator. After teaching at state schools in Scotland, Neill became dissatisfied with traditional education. In 1924, he set up the…Trending
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