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Weddell Sea

(Encyclopedia) Weddell SeaWeddell Seawĕdˈəl [key], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, W Antarctica, SE of South America, bordered by the Antarctic Peninsula and Coats Land. The vast Ronne and Filchner ice…

Emmeline Blanche Woodward Wells Biography

Emmeline Blanche Woodward Wells Mormon community leader and suffragistBorn: Feb. 29, 1828Birthplace: Petersham, Mass Mormon community leader and suffragist. Wells was baptized into the Mormon…

Blanche LAMBERT, Congress, AR (1960)

LAMBERT, Blanche, see Blanche Lambert Lincoln Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links Members of the Current Senate Floor…

Boieldieu, François Adrien

(Encyclopedia) Boieldieu, François AdrienBoieldieu, François AdrienfräNswäˈ ädrēăNˈ bwäldyöˈ [key], 1775–1834, French composer. He studied with the organist of the cathedral in Rouen and composed one…

Sabin, Albert Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Sabin, Albert BruceSabin, Albert Brucesāˈbĭn [key], 1906–93, American physician and microbiologist, b. Bialystock, Russia, grad. New York Univ. (B.S., 1928; M.D., 1931). He emigrated…

Newry

(Encyclopedia) Newry, town (1991 pop. 19,246), Newry and Mourne dist., SE Northern Ireland, on the Clanrye River and the Newry Canal. It has canal connections with Carlingford Lough, the Bann River,…

Charles of Viana

(Encyclopedia) Charles of VianaCharles of Vianavēäˈnä [key], 1421–61, Spanish prince, heir of Navarre; son of Blanche of Navarre and John (later John II) of Aragón. After his mother's death (1441) he…

Robert the Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Robert the Bruce: see Robert I, king of Scotland.

Baliol, John de, 1249–1315, king of Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Baliol, John de, 1249–1315, king of Scotland (1292–96), son of John de Baliol (d. 1269). He became head of the family after the death of his elder brothers in 1278. At the death of…

Bruce Metzger Biography

translator and biblical scholarBorn: Feb. 9, 1914Birthplace: Middletown, Pa.Died: Feb. 13, 2007 (Princeton, N.J.) Scholar and translator who supervised the…