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Regency

(Encyclopedia) Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was…

San Juan Boundary Dispute

(Encyclopedia) San Juan Boundary Dispute, controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the U.S.–British Columbia boundary. It is sometimes called the Northwest Boundary Dispute. The…

Sampson, William Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Sampson, William Thomas, 1840–1902, American naval officer, b. Palmyra, N.Y. After serving with Union naval forces in the Civil War, he saw varied naval service and was (1886–90)…

Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson

(Encyclopedia) Haldane, John Burdon SandersonHaldane, John Burdon Sandersonhôlˈdān, –dən [key], 1892–1964, British geneticist, biologist, and popularizer of science; son of John Scott Haldane. He…

jade

(Encyclopedia) jade, common name for either of two minerals used as gems. The rarer variety of jade is jadeite, a sodium aluminum silicate, NaAl(SiO3)2, usually white or green in color; the green…

Hugh Doggett SCOTT, Jr., Congress, PA (1900-1994)

Senate Years of Service: 1959-1977 Party: Republican SCOTT Hugh Doggett, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., on November 11,…

Sloan, John

(Encyclopedia) Sloan, John, 1871–1951, American painter and etcher, b. Lock Haven, Pa. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked for 12 years as an illustrator on the…

Juvenal

(Encyclopedia) Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)Juvenalj&oomacr;ˈvənəl [key], fl. 1st to 2d cent. a.d., Roman satirical poet. His verse established a model for the satire of indignation, in…