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Mannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav Emil
(Encyclopedia) Mannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav EmilMannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav Emilkärl gŭˈstäv āˈmĭl mäˈnərhām [key], 1867–1951, Finnish field marshal and president of Finland (1944–46). Of a…geopolitics
(Encyclopedia) geopolitics, method of political analysis, popular in Central Europe during the first half of the 20th cent., that emphasized the role played by geography in international relations.…Agnew, Spiro Theodore
(Encyclopedia) Agnew, Spiro TheodoreAgnew, Spiro Theodorespērˈō [key], 1918–96, 39th Vice President of the United States (1969–73), b. Baltimore. Admitted to the bar in 1949, he entered politics as a…Jenney, William Le Baron
(Encyclopedia) Jenney, William Le Baron, 1832–1907, American engineer and architect, b. Fairhaven, Mass. He studied at Harvard Scientific School and the École des Beaux-Arts. Later he learned…Sickert, Walter Richard
(Encyclopedia) Sickert, Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter. After a brief career on the stage Sickert was apprenticed to Whistler and later worked with Degas. His preferred subjects were…Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron, 1856–1937, English explorer, art historian, and writer. Conway filled several university positions and in 1918–31 represented the…Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759–1834, British statesman; youngest son of George Grenville. He was foreign secretary in the ministry of his cousin William Pitt from…Byng, Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
(Encyclopedia) Byng, Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount Byng of VimyByng, Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimyvĭmˈē, vēmēˈ [key], 1862–1935, British general. He served in India and…Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, British mathematician and physicist, b. Belfast. He was professor of natural philosophy at the Univ. of Glasgow (1846–99). He is known…Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron, 1800–1859, English historian and author, b. Leicestershire, educated at Cambridge. After the success of his essay on Milton in the Edinburgh…Trending
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