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Justin Gatlin

Justin GatlinBorn: February 10, 1982American Runner Won 100m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. 2002 NCAA outdoor 100 and 200m winner; 2001 NCAA outdoor 100, and 200m champion.Rulon GardnerG - JLou…

Justin

(Encyclopedia) Justin (Marcus Junianus Justinus), fl. 3d cent., Roman historian. He made a collection of excerpts from Trogus, which gives many facts not recounted elsewhere.

Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr., 1935–2021, African-American civil-rights leader and lawyer, b. Atlanta, Ga., DePauw Univ. (BA, 1957), Howard…

Trudeau, Justin Pierre James

(Encyclopedia) Trudeau, Justin Pierre JamesTrudeau, Justin Pierre Jamestr&oomacr;dōˈ [key], 1971–, Canadian politician, b. Ottawa; grad. McGill Univ. (B.A., 1994), Univ. of British Columbia (B.Ed…

M'Carthy, Justin

(Encyclopedia) M'Carthy, Justin, 1830–1912, Irish historian, politician, and novelist. After a long career in journalism, he entered the British Parliament in 1879, advocating home rule for Ireland.…

Justin Martyr, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Justin Martyr, Saint, c.a.d. 100–c.a.d. 165, Christian apologist, called also Justin the Philosopher. Born in Samaria of pagan parents, he studied philosophy, and after his conversion…

Brewer's: Vernon

mentioned by Thomson in his Summer, was Admiral Edward Vernon, who attacked Carthagena in 1741; but the malaria reached the crew, and, as the poet says - “To infant weakness sunk the…

Narses

(Encyclopedia) NarsesNarsesnärˈsēz [key], c.478–c.573, Byzantine official and general, one of the eunuchs of the palace. He assisted in the suppression of the Nika riot (532) by bribing the Blues of…

Nicodemus, Gospel of

(Encyclopedia) Nicodemus, Gospel of, book composed of the Acts of Pilate and Christ's Descent into Hell, part of the loosely defined New Testament Apocrypha. The Acts of Pilate is an amplified…