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Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2d Earl

(Encyclopedia) Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2d EarlGranville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2d Earll&oomacr;ˈsən-gôrˈ [key], 1815–91, British statesman. He entered Parliament as a…

Goldie, Sir George

(Encyclopedia) Goldie, Sir George (George Goldie Taubman), 1846–1925, British colonial administrator, b. Isle of Man. Goldie entered the Niger River trade in the 1870s, and his company soon dominated…

Hogarth, David George

(Encyclopedia) Hogarth, David GeorgeHogarth, David Georgehōˈgärth [key], 1862–1927, English archaeologist, keeper (1909–27) of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He explored and excavated (1887–1907) in…

Minot, George Richards

(Encyclopedia) Minot, George RichardsMinot, George Richardsmīˈnət [key], 1885–1950, American physician and pathologist, b. Boston, M.D. Harvard, 1912. From 1928 to 1948 he was professor of medicine…

Barrington, George

(Encyclopedia) Barrington, GeorgeBarrington, Georgebârˈĭngtən [key], 1755–c.1804, notorious English pickpocket, b. Ireland. His family name was Waldron. Arriving in London in 1773, he became a…

Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman

(Encyclopedia) Saintsbury, George Edward BatemanSaintsbury, George Edward Batemansāntsˈbərē [key], 1845–1933, English critic and historian. His many works on English and French literature, notable…

Kondylis, George

(Encyclopedia) Kondylis, GeorgeKondylis, Georgekônᵺēˈlĭs [key], 1879–1936, Greek general and statesman. He fought in the Balkan Wars and at Salonica in World War I. Entering politics in the turbulent…

Trevelyan, Sir George Otto

(Encyclopedia) Trevelyan, Sir George Otto, 1838–1928, British historian and politician. He served as a Whig member of the House of Commons from 1865 to 1897. He held posts under W. E. Gladstone as…

Nathan, George Jean

(Encyclopedia) Nathan, George Jean, 1882–1958, American editor and drama critic, b. Fort Wayne, Ind. He left the New York Herald to join H. L. Mencken in editing Smart Set (1914–23), which they made…

Hough, George Washington

(Encyclopedia) Hough, George WashingtonHough, George Washingtonhŭf [key], 1836–1909, American astronomer, b. Montgomery co., N.Y., grad. Union College, 1856. He discovered 627 double stars and made…