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Old Person, Earl

(Encyclopedia) Old Person, Earl,1929-2021, leader of the Blackfeet Nation, b. outside Browning, Mt., Blackfeet names Stu Sapoo ("Cold Wind") and…

Queiroz, José Maria Eça de

(Encyclopedia) Queiroz or Queirós, José Maria Eça deQueiroz or Queirós, José Maria Eça dezh&oobreve;zĕˈ mərēˈə āˈsə dĭ kār&oobreve;zˈ [key], 1845–1900, Portuguese writer. Trained in law, he…

Rajputs

(Encyclopedia) RajputsRajputsräjˈp&oomacr;ts [key] [Sanskrit,=son of a king], dominant people of Rajputana, an historic region now almost coextensive with the state of Rajasthan, NW India. The…

Natchez, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Natchez, city (1990 pop. 19,460), seat of Adams co., SW Miss., on bluffs above the Mississippi River; settled 1716, inc. 1803. It is the trade, shipping, and processing center for a…

The Top Ten: Fiction's Wealthiest

      Wealthiest Fictional Characters This list—entirely subjective—bases the wealth of the characters on world events (Daddy Warbucks has clearly benefited from the wars in Iraq and…

Hypatia Biography

HypatiaAlexandrian philosopher and mathematicianBorn: 5th centuryBirthplace: Egypt Hypatia was the first well-known female mathematician. The daughter of the mathematician Theon, she was…

The Prospect/FP Top 100 Public Intellectuals

Who are the world's leading public intellectuals? The October 2005 cover of Prospect Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect magazine selected their top 100, and invited readers to vote…

Trademarks: A History

A history of a billion-dollar business Related Links Lost Brand Names Trademarks Trade Names Brand Names Marketing Business The first case of actual trademark…