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Pan-American Health Organization
(Encyclopedia) Pan-American Health Organization, inter-American health organization. It was established in 1902 as the International Sanitary Bureau; the present name was adopted in 1958. Its members…Order of American Knights
(Encyclopedia) Order of American Knights: see Knights of the Golden Circle.Organization of American States
(Encyclopedia) Organization of American States (OAS), international organization, created Apr. 30, 1948, at Bogotá, Colombia, by agreement of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,…Cherokee, Native American language
(Encyclopedia) Cherokee, language belonging to the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family. See Native American languages.Churchill, Winston, American novelist
(Encyclopedia) Churchill, Winston, 1871–1947, American novelist, b. St. Louis, grad. Annapolis, 1894. He wrote several popular historical novels including Richard Carvel (1899), The Crisis (1901),…Duane, William, American journalist
(Encyclopedia) Duane, William, 1760–1835, American journalist, b. near Lake Champlain, N.Y., of Irish parentage. He learned the printer's trade in Ireland and in 1787 went to Calcutta (now Kolkata),…Duane, William, American physicist
(Encyclopedia) Duane, William, 1872–1935, American physicist, b. Philadelphia, grad. Harvard, 1893, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1897. He taught at the Univ. of Colorado (1898–1907), worked at the Curie…Dunbar, William, American scientist
(Encyclopedia) Dunbar, William, 1749–1810, American scientist in the old Southwest, b. near Elgin, Scotland. He came to America in 1771. Commissioned by President Jefferson to investigate the…Gibson, John, American frontiersman
(Encyclopedia) Gibson, John, 1740–1822, American frontiersman, b. Lancaster, Pa. After taking part in the capture (1758) of Fort Duquesne (renamed Fort Pitt) in the French and Indian War, he became a…American Academy in Rome
(Encyclopedia) American Academy in Rome, founded in 1894 as the American School of Architecture in Rome by Charles F. McKim and enlarged in 1897 with the founding of the American Academy in Rome for…Trending
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