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Brandon University

(Encyclopedia) Brandon University, at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1899 as Brandon College. The school gained university status in 1967. It has faculties of…

Colby College

(Encyclopedia) Colby College, at Waterville, Maine; coeducational; est. 1813, opened 1818. The school, principally a liberal arts college, adopted its present name in 1899. Its library includes the…

Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Scriabin, Aleksandr NikolayevichScriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevichəlyĭksänˈdər nyēkəlīˈəvĭch skrēäbēnˈ, skrēäˈbĭn [key], 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist. The name is sometimes…

Demuth, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Demuth, CharlesDemuth, Charlesdāˈm&oomacr;th [key], 1883–1935, American watercolor painter, b. Lancaster, Pa. At the age of 20 he began his art study under William Chase at the…

Heade, Martin Johnson

(Encyclopedia) Heade, Martin JohnsonHeade, Martin Johnsonhĕd [key], 1819–1904, American painter, b. Lumberville, Pa. He studied briefly with Edward Hicks and in Europe, and later traveled in Central…

Sheffield, University of

(Encyclopedia) Sheffield, University of, at Sheffield, England; founded 1897 as University College, received royal charter 1905. It has faculties of arts, architectural studies, engineering, pure…

Acadia University

(Encyclopedia) Acadia University, at Wolfville, N.S., Canada; founded 1838; became Acadia Univ. 1891. It has faculties of arts, pure and applied sciences, management and education, and theology.…

Amherst College

(Encyclopedia) Amherst College, at Amherst, Mass.; founded 1821 as a college for men, coeducational since 1975. A liberal arts institution, Amherst maintains a cooperative program with Smith College…

Skidmore College

(Encyclopedia) Skidmore College, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; chartered and opened 1911 as Skidmore School of Arts (for women) through a gift from Lucy Skidmore Scribner; chartered as a college 1922.…