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Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason
(Encyclopedia) Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason, 1865–1940, English physician and missionary, famous for his work among Labrador fishermen. After serving as a missionary to fishermen of the North Sea,…Groote Schuur
(Encyclopedia) Groote SchuurGroote Schuurkhr&oobreve;ˈtə skür [key] [Afrik.,=large barn], estate, Cape Town, Western Cape, SW South Africa. The main building of the estate, which is a good…Carew, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Carew, Thomas, 1595?–1639?, English author, one of the Cavalier poets. Educated at Merton College, Oxford, he had a short diplomatic career on the Continent, then returned to England…Bugenhagen, Johann
(Encyclopedia) Bugenhagen, JohannBugenhagen, Johannyōˈhän b&oomacr;ˈgənhäˌgən [key], 1485–1558, German Protestant reformer. Born in Pomerania, he is sometimes called Dr. Pomeranus. Bugenhagen, an…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: D
Selected Biographies A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Versified Note To Dr. Mackenzie, Mauchline
by Robert Burns A DedicationThe Farewell To the Brethren o...Versified Note To Dr. Mackenzie, Mauchline Friday first's the day appointed By the Right Worshipful anointed,…Pangaea
(Encyclopedia) Pangaea: see continental drift.Damien, Father
(Encyclopedia) Damien, FatherDamien, Fatherdāˈmēən, dämyăNˈ [key] (Damien De Veuster), 1840–89, Belgian missionary priest and saint, originally named Jozef De Veuster. He went to Hawaii (1864) as a…Rinehart, Mary Roberts
(Encyclopedia) Rinehart, Mary RobertsRinehart, Mary Robertsrīnˈhärt [key], 1876–1958, American novelist, b. Pittsburgh. A graduate nurse, she married Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in 1896. The first of her…Shaw, Anna Howard
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847–1919, American woman-suffrage leader, b. England. She emigrated (1851) to the United States in early childhood and grew up on a farm in Michigan. She received a…Trending
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