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Montmagny

(Encyclopedia) Montmagny, town (1991 pop. 11,861), SE Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. Manufactures include textiles, furniture, and household appliances.

Cremin, Lawrence Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Cremin, Lawrence ArthurCremin, Lawrence Arthurkrĕmˈĭn [key], 1925–91, American educator and historian, b. New York City. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1949 and began teaching…

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…

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…