Search

Search results

Displaying 201 - 210

Joliet

(Encyclopedia) JolietJolietjōˈlēĕtˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 76,836), seat of Will co., NE Ill., on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1857. It is a river port and an industrial shipping center, with…

Jouvenet, Jean Baptiste

(Encyclopedia) Jouvenet, Jean BaptisteJouvenet, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ zh&oomacr;vənāˈ [key], 1644–1717, French painter, one of a family of painters. He worked in Paris in the studio of…

Banach, Stefan

(Encyclopedia) Banach, StefanBanach, Stefanstĕˈfän bäˈnäkh [key], 1892–1945, Polish mathematician. He was educated at the Institute of Technology in Lviv; his doctoral thesis laid the foundations of…

Osawatomie

(Encyclopedia) OsawatomieOsawatomieōˌsəwŏtˈəmē, ŏsˌə– [key], city (1990 pop. 4,590), Miami co., E Kans., on the Marais des Cygnes River; founded 1855 by the New England Emigrant Aid Company, inc.…

Wiechert, Ernst

(Encyclopedia) Wiechert, ErnstWiechert, Ernstĕrnst vēˈkhĕrt [key], 1887–1950, German novelist. His works, distinguished by a poetic prose style, generally deal with his native East Prussia and the…

Zunz, Leopold

(Encyclopedia) Zunz, LeopoldZunz, Leopoldlāˈōpôlt ts&oobreve;ntsˈ [key], 1794–1886, German Jewish scholar. His critical research on Judaism became one of the cornerstones of the “science of…

Arnauld

(Encyclopedia) ArnauldArnauldärnōˈ [key], French family involved in Jansenism (see under Jansen, Cornelis). The name is also spelled Arnaut or Arnault. The leader was a nun, Marie Angélique de Sainte…

France, Anatole

(Encyclopedia) France, AnatoleFrance, Anatoleänätôlˈ fräNs [key], pseud. of Jacques Anatole ThibaultFrance, Anatolezhäk, tēbōˈ [key], 1844–1924, French writer. He was probably the most prominent…

Morgan B. WILLIAMS, Congress, PA (1831-1903)

WILLIAMS Morgan B. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Rhandir-Mwyn, parish of Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, September 17, 1831; attended the public schools; went to…