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Brewer's: France

The heraldic device of the city of Paris is a ship. As Sauval says. “L'ile de la cité est faite comme un grand navire enfoncé dans la vase, et échoué au fil de l'eau vers le milieu de la…

Rulers of France

Name Born Ruled1 Carolingian Dynasty Pepin the Short c. 714 751–768 Charlemagne2 742 768–814 Louis I the Pious3 778 814–840 Charles I the Bald4 823 840–877…

Fort Frances

(Encyclopedia) Fort Frances, town, SW Ont., Canada, on Rainy River, opposite International Falls, Minn. It is chiefly a lumbering center with sawmills…

Kelsey, Frances Oldham

(Encyclopedia) Kelsey, Frances Oldham, 1914–2015, Canadian-American pharmacologist, b. Cobble Hill, British Columbia, as Frances Kathleen Oldham, grad. McGill Univ. (B.Sc. 1934, M.Sc. 1935), Univ. of…

Shaker Heights

(Encyclopedia) Shaker Heights, city (1990 pop. 30,831), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a residential suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1912. Founded (1905) as a suburban development by Cleveland businessmen Oris and…

Cleveland Browns

Passing (5 Att)AttCmpPctYdsTDRateTim Couch*39922355.924471573.2Ty Detmer914751.6548475.7Interceptions: Couch 13, Detmer 2.Top ReceiversNoYdsAvgLongTDKevin Johnson*6698614.964-td8Terry…

Cleveland, Ohio

Mayor: Frank G. Jackson (to Jan. 2017)2010 census population (rank): 396,815 (45); Male: 190,285 (48.0%); Female: 206,530 (52.0%); White: 147,929 (37.3%); Black: 211,672 (53.3%); American Indian and…

Brook Park

(Encyclopedia) Brook Park, city (2020 pop. 18,595), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1914. A major office complex and the Cleveland…

Johnson, Tom Loftin

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854–1911, American municipal reformer, mayor of Cleveland (1901–10), b. Georgetown, Ky. He acquired a substantial fortune from streetcar and steel interests, and…