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Aetius, Roman general

(Encyclopedia) Aetius, c.396–454, Roman general. At first unfriendly to Valentinian III, he later made his peace with Valentinian's mother, Galla Placidia, and was given a command in Gaul. An…

Orestes, Roman general

(Encyclopedia) OrestesOrestesōrĕstˈēz [key], d. 476, Roman general. With the help of barbarians he deposed (475) the Roman emperor of the West, Julius Nepos, and raised his own son, Romulus…

Pausanias, Spartan general

(Encyclopedia) PausaniasPausaniaspôsāˈnēəs [key], d. c.470 b.c., Spartan general; nephew of King Leonidas. He was the victorious commander at Plataea (479) near Thebes in the Persian Wars and…

Mikita, Stan

(Encyclopedia) Mikita, Stan, 1940–2018, Canadian hockey player, b. Sokolče, Czechoslovakia (a former village whose site is now in Slovakia), as Stanislav GvothMikita, Stan [key]. Adopted by relatives…

Tanganyika, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Tanganyika, Lake, second largest lake of Africa, c.12,700 sq mi (32,890 sq km), E central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, and Burundi. It is c.420 mi (680…

Ujiji

(Encyclopedia) UjijiUjiji&oomacr;jēˈjē [key], town, Kigoma prov., W Tanzania, suburb of Kigoma, on Lake Tanganyika. Ujiji was an important settlement of Arab and Swahili ivory and slave traders…

Pratt, Parley Parker

(Encyclopedia) Pratt, Parley Parker, 1807–57, Mormon apostle, b. Otsego co., N.Y.; brother of Orson Pratt. He joined (1830) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was made an apostle in…

Prusiner, Stanley Ben

(Encyclopedia) Prusiner, Stanley Ben, 1942–, American neurologist, b. Des Moines, Iowa, M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1968. Prusiner has been a professor at the Univ. of California,…

Stanley A. PROKOP, Congress, PA (1909-1977)

PROKOP Stanley A. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Throop, Lackawanna County, Pa., July 29, 1909; attended the public schools of Dickson City and Throop; graduated from Villanova (Pa…

Winifred Claire STANLEY, Congress, NY (1909-1996)

STANLEY Winifred Claire , a Representative from New York; born in New York, N.Y., August 14, 1909; attended public schools in New York, N.Y. and Buffalo, N.Y.; B.A., University of Buffalo, Buffalo…