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Cannon, Annie Jump

(Encyclopedia) Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863–1941, American astronomer, b. Dover, Del. In 1897 she became an assistant in the Harvard College Observatory, where (1911–38) she was astronomer and curator of…

Cape May

(Encyclopedia) Cape May, city (2020 pop. 3,374), Cape May co., S N.J., on Cape May peninsula and the Atlantic Ocean; settled in the 1600s, inc. 1857.…

Carothers, Wallace Hume

(Encyclopedia) Carothers, Wallace HumeCarothers, Wallace Humekərŭᵺˈərz [key], 1896–1937, American chemist, b. Burlington, Iowa. He received his doctorate at the Univ. of Illinois in 1924, then taught…

Zamboanga

(Encyclopedia) ZamboangaZamboangasāmˌbōängˈgä [key], city (1990 pop. 442,345), Zamboanga del Sur prov., SW Mindanao, the Philippines, at the tip of the Zamboanga peninsula, on Basilan Strait. One of…

Redwood National Park

(Encyclopedia) Redwood National Park, 112,430 acres (45,518 hectares), along the Pacific coast, NW Calif.; est. 1968. Backed by coastal bluffs, 40 mi (64 km) of beach, lagoon, and rocky coast are…

Primaticcio, Francesco

(Encyclopedia) Primaticcio, FrancescoPrimaticcio, Francescofränchāsˈkō prēmätētˈchō [key], 1504–70, Italian painter, called Le Primatice by the French. He was influenced by Correggio and by…

Printz, Johan Björnsson

(Encyclopedia) Printz, Johan BjörnssonPrintz, Johan Björnssony&oomacr;ˈhän byörnˈsōn prĭnts [key], 1592–1663, colonial governor of New Sweden, b. Bottnaryd, Sweden. After serving as a mercenary…

Kent, Rockwell

(Encyclopedia) Kent, Rockwell, 1882–1971, American painter, muralist, wood engraver, lithographer, book and magazine illustrator, and writer, b. Tarrytown, N.Y. Kent studied with William Merritt…

Amalfi

(Encyclopedia) Amalfi Amalfi ämälˈfē [key], town, in Campania, S Italy, a small fishing port on the Gulf of Sorrento. Built on a mountain slope, it is also a picturesque…