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Mott Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Mott Foundation, philanthropic trust created (1926) by automobile executive Charles Stewart Mott (1875–1973) to support programs dealing with selected urban problems. The foundation…

Innes, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Innes, Michael, pseud. of John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, 1906–94, British writer and scholar, b. near Edinburgh. From 1969 to 1973 he was a reader in English literature at Oxford.…

Jouffroy, Théodore Simon

(Encyclopedia) Jouffroy, Théodore SimonJouffroy, Théodore Simontāôdôrˈ sēmôNˈ zh&oomacr;frwäˈ [key], 1796–1842, French philosopher. He was professor at the Collège de France and librarian at the…

White, Stewart Edward

(Encyclopedia) White, Stewart Edward, 1873–1946, American author, b. Grand Rapids, Mich., grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1895. The stories collected in The Claim Jumpers (1901) and The Blazed Trail (1902)…

Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, John, 4th earl of AthollStuart or Stewart, John, 4th earl of Athollăthˈəl [key], d. 1579, Scottish nobleman. He succeeded his father to the earldom in 1542. A…

Weslaco

(Encyclopedia) WeslacoWeslacowĕsˈlĭkō [key], city (1990 pop. 21,877), Hidalgo co., extreme S Tex., in the irrigated region of the lower Rio Grande valley; inc. 1921. Cotton, citrus, and vegetables…

Stuart, James, earl of Arran

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, James, earl of ArranStuart or Stewart, James, earl of Arranârˈən [key], d. 1595, Scottish nobleman. He spent his early years as a soldier of fortune fighting in the…

Stewart County, TN Census Data

Tennessee Stewart County, Tennessee People QuickFactsStewart CountyTennesseePopulation, 2005 estimate 12,9695,962,959Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.8%4.8%…

Stewart County, GA Census Data

Georgia Stewart County, Georgia People QuickFactsStewart CountyGeorgiaPopulation, 2005 estimate 4,8829,072,576Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -7.2%10.8%Population,…