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Hooker, Sir William Jackson
(Encyclopedia) Hooker, Sir William Jackson, 1785–1865, English botanist. A leading authority of his time on ferns, he formed a famous herbarium and built up the Glasgow Garden and the Royal Botanic…Ewell, Richard Stoddert
(Encyclopedia) Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817–72, Confederate general, b. Georgetown, D.C., grad. West Point, 1840. Ewell rose rapidly in the Confederate army, becoming a major general by Oct., 1861.…Chancellorsville, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Chancellorsville, battle of, May 2–4, 1863, in the American Civil War. Late in Apr., 1863, Joseph Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, moved against Robert E. Lee, whose…U.S. Champions
Years 1857-71 Paul Morphy 1871-76 George Mackenzie 1876-80 James Mason 1880-89…Indian Removal Act
(Encyclopedia) Indian Removal Act, in U.S. history, law signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 providing for the general resettlement of Native Americans to lands W of the Mississippi River. From…Mississippi, University of
(Encyclopedia) Mississippi, University of, main campus at Oxford; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1844, opened 1848. The university medical center, which includes the schools of medicine,…Seymour
(Encyclopedia) Seymour. 1 Town (1990 pop. 14,288), New Haven co., SW Conn., on the Naugatuck River; settled c.1678, inc. 1850. The town's manufacturing industries decline since the mid-1900s, but…Parton, James
(Encyclopedia) Parton, James, 1822–91, American biographer, b. England. He came to the United States in 1827. In 1848 he joined the staff of N. P. Willis's Home Journal in New York City. His…Lindsey, Benjamin Barr
(Encyclopedia) Lindsey, Benjamin Barr (Ben Lindsey), 1869–1943, American judge and reformer, b. Jackson, Tenn. As judge of the juvenile court of Denver from 1900 to 1927, he founded the American…Raytown
(Encyclopedia) RaytownRaytownrāˈtounˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 30,061), Jackson co., W central Mo., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1950. It was the first stop on the Santa Fe Trail out of…Trending
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