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Washington Island, United States
(Encyclopedia) Washington Island, c.20 sq mi (50 sq km), NE Wis., in NW Lake Michigan, just off the northern tip of the Door Peninsula. The island was visited by the French explorers Pierre Radisson…Pelly
(Encyclopedia) Pelly, river, c.330 mi (530 km) long, rising W of the Mackenzie Mts., S central Yukon, Canada, and flowing generally northwest to join the Yukon River at Fort Selkirk. The Pelly…Robert Adler Biography
physicist and inventorDied: Feb. 15, 2007 (Boise, Idaho) Inventor who held about 200 U.S. patents, the most famous of which was the first wireless television…Robert Bly Biography
American poet, editor, and translatorBorn: December 26, 1926Birthplace: Madison, Minn. Robert Bly is the author of more than 30 books of poetry, including Loving a…Robert Culp Biography
actorBorn: 8/16/30Died: 3/24/2010 (Hollywood Hills, Calif.) Best Known as: actor who played Kelly Robinson in I Spy Veteran actor Robert Culp found fame in…Robert Metcalfe Biography
inventorBorn: 1946 With his invention of Ethernet, Metcalfe created a way to link computers to one another and to the Internet. Ethernet is the most widely used…Robert Vesco Biography
financier and fugitiveDied: November 23, 2007Best Known as: American financier who allegedly stole $200 million dollars from investors Deathplace: Cuba…Robert Kramer Biography
Robert KramerAge: 60 avant-garde filmmaker known for his political films. Though his films weren't widely seen in the U.S., Kramer is considered one of the most important voices in political…Robert Bresson Biography
Robert BressonAge: 98 iconoclastic French film director and screenwriter known for his austere, spiritual films that often dealt with redemption and were driven by emotion rather than…Robert Waggenhoffer Biography
Robert WaggenhofferAge: 39 world professional figure skating champion and silver medallist in the 1982 U.S. nationals; only U.S. skater to be the junior champion in singles and pairs in the…Trending
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