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Howard University

(Encyclopedia) Howard University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded in 1867 by Gen. Oliver O. Howard of the Freedmen's Bureau, to provide education for newly…

Ellicott City

(Encyclopedia) Ellicott City, city (2020 pop. 75,947), seat of Howard co., in Baltimore and Howard cos., central Md., on the Patapsco River; settled…

Langdell, Christopher Columbus

(Encyclopedia) Langdell, Christopher ColumbusLangdell, Christopher Columbuslăngˈdəl [key], 1826–1906, American teacher of law, b. New Boston, N.H. He practiced in New York City from 1854 to 1870,…

1983 College Football Other Major Award Winners

Maxwell (Player)Mike Rozier, NebraskaCamp (Back)Mike Rozier, NebraskaRockne (Lineman)Bill Fralic, Pitt, OTLombardi (Lineman)Dean Steinkuhler, Neb., GOutland (Interior)Dean Steinkuhler, Neb.…

Sprat, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Sprat, Thomas, 1635–1713, English author, bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster. His poem on the death of Oliver Cromwell was published in Dryden's Miscellany (1659). Sprat is…