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chamber of commerce
(Encyclopedia) chamber of commerce, local association of business people organized to promote the welfare of their community, especially its commercial interests. Each chamber of commerce usually has…Champeaux, William of
(Encyclopedia) Champeaux, William of: see William of Champeaux.Chancellorsville, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Chancellorsville, battle of, May 2–4, 1863, in the American Civil War. Late in Apr., 1863, Joseph Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, moved against Robert E. Lee, whose…coat of arms
(Encyclopedia) coat of arms: see blazonry and heraldry.Denver, University of
(Encyclopedia) Denver, University of, at Denver; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered 1864 and opened as Colorado Seminary by John Evans and others. In 1880 it was reorganized as the Univ. of…desalination of water
(Encyclopedia) desalination of water: see water, desalination of.Devolution, War of
(Encyclopedia) Devolution, War of, 1667–68, undertaken by Louis XIV for the conquest of the Spanish Netherlands. On her marriage to Louis, Marie Thérèse, daughter of Philip IV of Spain, had renounced…Diagoras of Rhodes
(Encyclopedia) Diagoras of Rhodes, ancient Greek athlete, fl. 5th cent. b.c. A boxer and wrester, he won an Olympic championship in 464 b.c. and won numerous times at the Pythian, Isthmian, and…Didymus of Alexandria
(Encyclopedia) Didymus of Alexandria, d. c.396, Greek grammarian and theologian, also called Didymus the Blind. His treatise On the Holy Ghost was translated by St. Jerome, who studied briefly with…Delaware, University of
(Encyclopedia) Delaware, University ofDelaware, University ofdĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], at Newark, Del.; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; founded 1743 in New London, Pa., as a Presbyterian…Trending
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