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Morris, Lewis, 1726–98, American political leader
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Lewis, 1726–98, American political leader, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Morrisania, N.Y. (now part of the Bronx); elder half-brother of Gouverneur Morris. A…Mason, James
(Encyclopedia) Mason, James, 1909–84, British stage and film actor. Mason, trained at Cambridge as an architect, became a leading man in British films in the 1940s and thereafter an international…Abercrombie, Sir Patrick
(Encyclopedia) Abercrombie, Sir Patrick, 1879–1957, British architect and town planner. Professor of civil design at the Univ. of Liverpool from 1915 to 1935 and of town planning at the Univ. of…Fort Erie
(Encyclopedia) Fort Erie, town (2020 pop. 30,710,), S Ont., Canada, on the Niagara River, opposite Buffalo, N.Y. A number of branch factories of U.S.…Head, Sir Edmund Walker
(Encyclopedia) Head, Sir Edmund Walker, 1805–68, British governor-general of Canada (1854–61), cousin of Sir Francis Bond Head. An Oxford scholar and tutor, he published several books. His success as…Caractacus
(Encyclopedia) CaractacusCaractacuskərăkˈtəkəs [key] or CaradocCaradockərădˈək [key], fl. a.d. 50, British king; son of Cymbeline. After the Roman invasion of a.d. 43, he led British resistance until…Burns, Otway
(Encyclopedia) Burns, Otway, c.1775–1850, American privateer, b. Onslow co., N.C. At the outbreak of the War of 1812, he outfitted the Baltimore clipper Snap-Dragon as a privateer and began one of…Borden, Sir Frederick William
(Encyclopedia) Borden, Sir Frederick William, 1847–1917, Canadian statesman, b. Cornwallis, N.S. He entered (1874) the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal and served (1896–1911) as Wilfrid Laurier…Cassivellaunus
(Encyclopedia) CassivellaunusCassivellaunuskăˌsĭvĭlôˈnəs [key], fl. 54 b.c., British chieftain, a leader in the resistance against the invasion of Julius Caesar in 54 b.c. Caesar crossed the Thames…Bentham, George
(Encyclopedia) Bentham, GeorgeBentham, Georgebĕnˈthəm [key], 1800–1884, one of the greatest of English systematic botanists; nephew of Jeremy Bentham. He wrote Handbook of British Flora (1858) and,…Trending
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