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Cornbury, Edward Hyde, Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Cornbury, Edward Hyde, ViscountCornbury, Edward Hyde, Viscountkôrnˈbərē [key], 1661–1723, colonial governor of New York and New Jersey (1702–8). Appointed governor by William III, he…Charlottetown
(Encyclopedia) Charlottetown, city, capital and chief port of Prince Edward Island, E Canada, on the southern coast. Food processing, tourism, fishing…Welsh Marches
(Encyclopedia) Welsh Marches, lands in Wales along the English border. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th cent., William I established the border earldoms of Chester, Shrewsbury, and…Gorey, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Gorey, Edward, 1925–2000, American illustrator and writer, b. Chicago, grad. Harvard, 1950. He lived and worked in New York City and Cape Cod until 1986 when he moved permanently to…Warbeck, Perkin
(Encyclopedia) Warbeck, Perkin, 1474?–1499, pretender to the English throne, b. Tournai. He lived in Flanders and later in Portugal and arrived in Ireland in the employ of a silk merchant in 1491.…Magoon, Charles Edward
(Encyclopedia) Magoon, Charles EdwardMagoon, Charles Edwardməg&oomacr;nˈ [key], 1861–1920, American administrator, b. Steele co., Minn. As an attorney (1899–1904) for the Bureau of Insular…Doisy, Edward Adelbert
(Encyclopedia) Doisy, Edward AdelbertDoisy, Edward Adelbertdoiˈzē [key], 1893–1986, American biochemist, b. Hume, Ill., grad. Univ. of Illinois (B.A., 1914), Ph.D. Harvard, 1920. For his discovery of…Langtry, Lillie
(Encyclopedia) Langtry, Lillie, 1853–1929, English actress, b. Jersey, Channel Islands; known as the Jersey Lily. One of the first English women of elevated social rank to go on the stage, she made…Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward
(Encyclopedia) Trevelyan, Sir Charles EdwardTrevelyan, Sir Charles Edwardtrĭvĕlˈyən [key], 1807–86, British colonial administrator. After a period of service in India, he returned (1838) to England…Grey, Lady Jane
(Encyclopedia) Grey, Lady Jane, 1537–54, queen of England for nine days. She was the daughter of Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset (later duke of Suffolk), and Frances Brandon, daughter of Henry VIII's…Trending
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