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Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León, Diego de
(Encyclopedia) Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León, Diego deVargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León, Diego dedyāˈgō dā värˈgäs thäpäˈtä ē l&oomacr;hänˈ pōnˈ thā dā lāōnˈ [key], c.1643–1704, Spanish…Margaret Tudor
(Encyclopedia) Margaret Tudor, 1489–1541, queen consort of James IV of Scotland; daughter of Henry VII of England and sister of Henry VIII. Her marriage (1503) to James was accompanied by a treaty of…Stradivari, Antonio
(Encyclopedia) Stradivari, AntonioStradivari, Antonioäntôˈnyō strädēväˈrē [key], or Antonius StradivariusStradivari, Antonioăntōˈnēəs strădĭvârˈēəs [key], 1644–1737, Italian violin maker of Cremona;…Lowell
(Encyclopedia) Lowell, city (1990 pop. 103,439), a seat of Middlesex co., NE Mass., at the confluence of the Merrimack and Concord rivers; settled 1653, set off from Chelmsford 1826, inc. as a city…Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron, 1800–1859, English historian and author, b. Leicestershire, educated at Cambridge. After the success of his essay on Milton in the Edinburgh…Blair, Francis Preston, 1791–1876, American journalist and politician
(Encyclopedia) Blair, Francis Preston, 1791–1876, American journalist and politician, b. Abingdon, Va. Through the Frankfort, Ky., journal Argus of Western America, which he edited with Amos Kendall…United Irishmen
(Encyclopedia) United Irishmen or United Irish Society, Irish political organization. It was founded at Belfast in 1791 by Theobald Wolfe Tone. Disgruntled by the use of English patronage to control…Wesley, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Wesley, Charles, 1707–88, English Methodist preacher and hymn writer. As a student at Oxford he devoted himself to systematic study and to the regular practice of religious duties; he…Faraday, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Faraday, MichaelFaraday, Michaelfârˈədē, –dāˌ [key], 1791–1867, English scientist. The son of a blacksmith, he was apprenticed to a bookbinder at the age of 14. He had little formal…Hamilton, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Alexander, 1755–1804, American statesman, b. Nevis, in the West Indies. By 1780 Hamilton had outlined a plan of government with a strong central authority to replace the…Trending
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