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wild carrot

(Encyclopedia) wild carrot: see Queen Anne's lace.

Annapolis, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Annapolis Annapolis ənăpˈəlĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 40,812), state capital and seat of Anne Arundel co., central Md., on the south bank of the Severn River…

Keller, Helen Adams

(Encyclopedia) Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of…

Settlement, Act of

(Encyclopedia) Settlement, Act of, 1701, passed by the English Parliament, to provide that if William III and Princess Anne (later Queen Anne) should die without heirs, the succession to the throne…

Anne Ayres Biography

Anne AyresProtestant nunBorn: Jan. 3, 1816Birthplace: London, England Ayres came to the United States in 1836 and settled in New York City. She worked as a governess until 1845, when she…

Anne Dunnigan Biography

Anne Dunnigan actress, translator appeared in Broadway's The Lord Blesses the Bishop; best known for her Chekhov translations, including Selected Stories and Ward Six and Other StoriesBorn:…

Anne Burras Biography

Anne Burrasearly colonistBorn: ?Birthplace: England Burras worked as a maid for Mistress Forrest in their native England. It is believed that the two women were among the earliest colonists…