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Marengo, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Marengo, battle of, a major engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on June 14, 1800, at the village of Marengo in Piedmont, N Italy. Determined to throw the Austrians back…Coe, Sebastian Newbold, Baron Coe of Ranmore
(Encyclopedia) Coe, Sebastian Newbold, Baron Coe of Ranmore, 1956–, British runner, politician, and athletic official. He set several world records as a middle-distance runner, including one in the…Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell
(Encyclopedia) Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell, 1779–1861, British jurist. He was a member of the Whig party in the House of Commons from 1830 and in the Lords from 1841. Ambitious legally rather…Briggs, Le Baron Russell
(Encyclopedia) Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855–1934, American educator, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1875; M.A., 1882). As a teacher at Harvard he developed, with Barrett Wendell, a…Snow, C. P.
(Encyclopedia) Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester), 1905–80, English author and physicist. Snow had an active, varied career, including several important positions in the…Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von
(Encyclopedia) Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron vonPufendorf, Samuel, Baron vonzäˈm&oomacr;ĕl bärônˈ fən p&oomacr;ˈfəndôrf [key], 1632–94, German jurist and historian. He is especially noted as an…Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier of Brighton
(Encyclopedia) Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier of BrightonOlivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier of Brightonōlĭvˈē-āˌ [key], 1907–89, English actor, director, and producer. He made his stage…Notable Scientists: Life Sciences
Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies…Graves, Thomas Graves, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Graves, Thomas Graves, Baron, 1725?–1802, British admiral. During the American Revolution his fleet was routed (1781) by the comte de Grasse at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, a defeat…Lister, Joseph Lister, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Lister, Joseph Lister, 1st Baron, 1827–1912, English surgeon, educated at University College, London. He brought to surgery the principle of antisepsis, an outgrowth of Pasteur's…Trending
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