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Ferdinand VI, king of Spain
(Encyclopedia) Ferdinand VI, b. 1712 or 1713, d. 1759, king of Spain (1746–59), son of Philip V by his first queen, Marie Louise of Savoy. When Ferdinand succeeded his father, his stepmother,…Carlotta
(Encyclopedia) Carlotta, Span. CarlotaCarlotta,kärlōˈtä [key], 1840–1927, empress of Mexico, daughter of Leopold I of Belgium, christened Marie Charlotte Amélie. She married (1857) Maximilian,…Williams, Eleazer
(Encyclopedia) Williams, EleazerWilliams, Eleazerĕlēāˈzər [key], c.1787–1858, missionary among Native North Americans. He was the son of Thomas Williams, a St. Regis Native American chief, and a…Vincennes, Jean Baptiste Bissot, sieur de
(Encyclopedia) Vincennes, Jean Baptiste Bissot, sieur deVincennes, Jean Baptiste Bissot, sieur devĭnsĕnzˈ; Fr. zhäN bätēstˈ bēsōˈ syör də văNsĕnˈ [key], 1668–1719, Canadian explorer and leader of the…Toulon
(Encyclopedia) ToulonToulont&oomacr;lôNˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 170,167), Var dept., SE France, in Provence, on the Mediterranean Sea. An important commercial port and industrial center, Toulon…Treisman, Anne
(Encyclopedia) Treisman, Anne, 1935–2018, British cognitive psychologist, b. Anne Marie Taylor, Ph.D. Oxford, 1962. She taught at Oxford from 1968, the Univ. of British Columbia from 1978, Univ. of…Mary Carolyn Davies: Smith, of the Third Oregon, dies
Smith, of the Third Oregon, diesMary Carolyn DaviesAutumn in Oregon is wet as Spring, And green, with little singings in the grass, And pheasants flying, Gold, green and red, Great, narrow…Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Mary Who Died in this Opinion
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To a StarA Tale of Society as It Is: fr...To Mary Who Died in this Opinion Published by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870; dated 1810-11. 1.…Alice Mary ROBERTSON, Congress, OK (1854-1931)
ROBERTSON Alice Mary , a Representative from Oklahoma; born at Tullahassee Mission, Creek Nation, Indian Territory (now Tullahassee, Okla.), January 2, 1854; self-taught in early life under the…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: My Bonie Mary
by Robert Burns Auld Lang SyneThe Parting KissMy Bonie Mary Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go, A service to…Trending
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