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Berry, Caroline Ferdinande Louise, duchesse de

(Encyclopedia) Berry, Caroline Ferdinande Louise, duchesse deBerry, Caroline Ferdinande Louise, duchesse dekärôlēnˈ fĕrdēnäNd lwēz, düshĕsˈ də bĕrēˈ [key], 1798–1870, wife of the French prince,…

Wives and Children of the Presidents

This table displays data about the spouses of U.S. Presidents, including the years of birth, death, and marriage, as well as the gender and number of children for each couple. See also The First…

Beatles, The

(Encyclopedia) Beatles, The, English rock music group formed in the late 1950s and disbanded in 1970. The members were John (Winston) Lennon, 1940–80, guitar and harmonica; (James) Paul McCartney,…

Dred Scott Case

(Encyclopedia) Dred Scott Case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856–57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, Dred Scott…

Scott, Sir Walter

(Encyclopedia) Scott, Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Scott's narrative poems…

Gourgues, Dominique de

(Encyclopedia) Gourgues, Dominique deGourgues, Dominique dedômēnēkˈ də g&oomacr;rg [key], c.1530–1593, French soldier and adventurer. He served in the French army in Italy, was captured by the…

Ballantyne, James

(Encyclopedia) Ballantyne, JamesBallantyne, Jamesbălˈəntīn [key], 1772–1833, Scottish editor and publisher. Ballantyne and his brother John set up a publishing business in Edinburgh with the aid of…

Scott, Robert Falcon

(Encyclopedia) Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868–1912, British naval officer and antarctic explorer. He commanded two noted expeditions to Antarctica. The first expedition (1901–4), in the Discovery,…

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg Biography

Caroline Kennedy Schlossbergauthor, public serviceBorn: Nov. 27, 1957Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Caroline, the daughter of John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy, was born in New York while her father…