Search
Search results
Displaying 181 - 190
McMillan, Edwin Mattison
(Encyclopedia) McMillan, Edwin Mattison, 1907–91, American physicist, b. Redondo Beach, Calif., grad. California Institute of Technology, 1928, Ph.D. Princeton, 1932. On the faculty of the Univ. of…Trois Rivières
(Encyclopedia) Trois RivièresTrois Rivièrestrwä rēvyĕrˈ [key] or Three Rivers, city (1991 pop. 49,426), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Maurice rivers. It is a port and…Saint Lawrence, Gulf of
(Encyclopedia) Saint Lawrence, Gulf of, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.100,000 sq mi (259,000 sq km), SE Canada, extending c.250 mi (400 km) from the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River to Newfoundland…Hocking, William Ernest
(Encyclopedia) Hocking, William Ernest, 1873–1966, American idealist philosopher, b. Cleveland, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1901; Ph.D., 1904). He was professor of philosophy at Harvard from 1914 until his…Walton, Ernest Thompson Sinton
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Ernest Thompson Sinton, 1903–95, Irish physicist, educated at Methodist College (Belfast), Trinity College (Dublin), and Cambridge. He became a fellow of Trinity College in…Herblock
(Encyclopedia) Herblock: see Block, Herbert Lawrence.Durrell, Gerald
(Encyclopedia) Durrell, Gerald, see under Durrell, Lawrence.Tadema, Alma
(Encyclopedia) Tadema, Alma: see Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.Aldington, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Aldington, RichardAldington, Richardôlˈdĭngtən [key], 1892–1962, English poet and novelist. While studying at the Univ. of London, he became acquainted with Ezra Pound and H. D. (Hilda…Mount Hopkins Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Mount Hopkins Observatory: see Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory.Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
