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(Encyclopedia) Fraserburgh Fraserburgh frāˈzərbərə [key], town, Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, on the North Sea. It is…Rowling, J(oanne) K(athleen)
novelistBirthplace: Chipping Sodbury, EnglandBorn: 7/31/65Donald MacKay FRASER, Congress, MN (1924)
FRASER Donald MacKay , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., February 20, 1924; educated in the public schools; graduated from the University of Minnesota at…Burnaby
(Encyclopedia) Burnaby Burnaby bûrˈnəbē [key], city, eastern suburb of Vancouver, SW B.C., Canada. A…Nechako
(Encyclopedia) NechakoNechakonĭchăkˈō [key], river, 287 mi (462 km) long, rising in Tetachuck and Ootsa lakes, central British Columbia, Canada, and flowing NE, then E to the Fraser River at Prince…Jindal, Bobby
(Encyclopedia) Jindal, Bobby, 1971–, American politician, b. Baton Rouge, La., as Piyush Jindal. The son of immigrants from India, he attended Brown Univ. (B.S., 1991) and thereafter was a Rhodes…Maginn, William
(Encyclopedia) Maginn, WilliamMaginn, Williamməgĭnˈ [key], 1793–1842, Irish writer. Some of his best stories and essays appeared in Blackwood's Magazine. His short story “Bob Burke's Duel with Ensign…Lovat, Simon Fraser, 11th Baron
(Encyclopedia) Lovat, Simon Fraser, 11th BaronLovat, Simon Fraser, 11th Baronlŭvˈət [key], 1675?–1747, Scottish nobleman and Jacobite conspirator. The nephew of the 9th baron, he and his father…Douglas, David
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, David, 1798–1834, Scottish botanist. He made several journeys in North America between 1823 and 1834 to study American plants and sent to Scotland more than 200 plants and…Shuswap
(Encyclopedia) ShuswapShuswapsh&oomacr;ˈswäp [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Salishan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages…Trending
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