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Dumfries, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Dumfries Dumfries dəmfrēsˈ [key], town, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland, on the Nith River. The…

Finley, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Finley, RobertFinley, Robertfĭnˈlē [key], 1772–1817, American clergyman, a founder of the American Colonization Society, b. Princeton, N.J. In 1787 he graduated from the College of New…

Heilbroner, Robert Louis

(Encyclopedia) Heilbroner, Robert LouisHeilbroner, Robert Louishīlˈbrōˌnər [key], 1919–2005, American economist, b. New York City, grad. Harvard, 1940, Ph.D., New School for Social Research, 1963. A…

Burton, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Burton, Robert, 1577–1640, English clergyman and scholar, b. Leicestershire, educated at Oxford. He served as librarian at Christ Church, Oxford, all his life; in addition he was vicar…

Surtees, Robert Smith

(Encyclopedia) Surtees, Robert SmithSurtees, Robert Smithsûrˈtēz [key], 1803–64, English novelist. He created John Jorrocks, the sporting grocer, who appears in Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities (1838…

Members of Congress: Georgia, Congress, GA

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Georgia Member Name Birth-Death ABBOT, Joel 1776-1826 ADAMSON, William Charles 1854-1929 ALFORD, Julius Caesar 1799-1863…

Brewer's: Robin Hood

is first mentioned by the Scottish historian Fordun, who died in 1386. According to Stow, he was an outlaw in the reign of Richard I. (twelfth century). He entertained one hundred tall men…

Coaches

Bill AlexanderDr. Ed AndersonIke ArmstrongChris AultEarl BanksHarry BaujanThomas BeckMatty BellHugo BezdekDana X. BibleBernie BiermanBob BlackmanEarl (Red) BlaikFrank BroylesEarle BrucePaul “…