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Brewer's: Gray's Inn

(London) was the inn or mansion of the Lords Gray. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Grayham'sGray Man's Path A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Brewer's: Robin Gray

(Auld). Words by Lady Anne Lindsay, daughter of the Earl of Balcarres, and afterwards Lady Barnard, in 1772, written to an old Scotch tune called “The bridegroom grat when the sun gaed…

Macy Gray Biography

Macy Graymusician Although she was exposed to a variety of music throughout her childhood, both listening to her parents' vast record collection and studying classical piano, it wasn't until…

wolf

(Encyclopedia) wolf, carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis in the dog family. Once distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, wild wolves are now confined to the wilder parts of a reduced…

Lewiston

(Encyclopedia) Lewiston. 1 City (1990 pop. 28,082), seat of Nez Perce co., NW Idaho, at the Wash. line and at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater rivers; founded 1861. It is the commercial and…

Lowry, L. S.

(Encyclopedia) Lowry, L. S. (Laurence Stephen Lowry), 1887–1976, English painter and printmaker, b. Manchester, studied Municipal College of Art (later Manchester Metropolitan Univ.). He is…

George SPALDING, Congress, MI (1836-1915)

SPALDING George , a Representative from Michigan; born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, on November 12, 1836; immigrated to the United States in 1843 with his parents, who settled in Buffalo…

Thomas SPALDING, Congress, GA (1774-1851)

SPALDING Thomas , a Representative from Georgia; born in Frederica, St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Ga., March 26, 1774; attended the common schools of Georgia and Florida and a private school…

Fernald, Merritt Lyndon

(Encyclopedia) Fernald, Merritt LyndonFernald, Merritt Lyndonfûrˈnəld [key], 1873–1950, American botanist, b. Orono, Maine, grad. Harvard, 1897. He taught at Harvard (1902–49) and was director of the…

Gray, John Chipman

(Encyclopedia) Gray, John Chipman, 1839–1915, American lawyer and teacher, b. Brighton, Mass. A graduate of Harvard Law School (1861), he served in the Civil War and then entered law practice in…