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Charles West KENDALL, Congress, NV (1828-1914)

KENDALL Charles West , a Representative from Nevada; born in Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine, April 22, 1828; attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and Yale College; moved to California in…

Victoria, queen of Great Britain and Ireland

(Encyclopedia) Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria)Victoriaălˌĭgzăndrēˈnə [key], 1819–1901, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). She was the daughter of Edward…

Shechem, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) ShechemShechemshĕkˈəm, shēˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Hivite prince. 2 Manassite chief.

Samgar-nebo

(Encyclopedia) Samgar-neboSamgar-nebosămˈgär-nēˈbō [key], in the Bible, Babylonian prince with Nebuchadnezzar at Jerusalem.

Prince of Wales, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Prince of Wales, Cape, at the tip of the Seward Peninsula, NW Alaska, on the Bering Strait; westernmost point of North America. Cape Dezhnev, Siberia, is only 55 mi (89 km) to the west.

Brewer's: Fair Maid

(The). Fair Maid of Anjou. Lady Edith Plantagenet, who married David, Prince Royal of Scotland. Fair Maid of February. The snow-drop, which blossoms in February. Fair Maid of Kent. Joan…

Souvanna Phouma, Prince

(Encyclopedia) Souvanna Phouma, PrinceSouvanna Phouma, Princes&oomacr;väˈnä f&oomacr;ˈmä [key], 1901–84, government official of Laos. Of royal descent, he was trained as an engineer. From…

James I, king of Majorca

(Encyclopedia) James I, 1243–1311, king of Majorca (1276–1311), count of Roussillon and Cerdagne, lord of Montpellier, son of James I of Aragón. In 1278 he was forced to become a vassal of his…