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Port Talbot

(Encyclopedia) Port TalbotPort Talbottôlˈbət [key], town (1981 pop. 40,078), Neath Port Talbot, S Wales, at the mouth of the Avon (Afan) River on Swansea Bay. Port Talbot is a popular seaside resort…

South Carolina, University of

(Encyclopedia) South Carolina, University of, main campus at Columbia; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1801, opened as a college 1805, became a university 1906. One of the earliest state-…

South Dakota, University of

(Encyclopedia) South Dakota, University of, at Vermillion; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1862, opened 1882 as the Univ. of Dakota. In 1891 it was renamed the Univ. of South Dakota; in…

Antarctic Circle

(Encyclopedia) Antarctic Circle, imaginary circle on the surface of the earth at 661&fslsh;2°S lat., i.e., 231&fslsh;2° north of the South Pole. It marks the southernmost point at which the…

Luce, Stephen Bleecker

(Encyclopedia) Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827–1917, American naval officer, b. Albany, N.Y. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1841. In the Civil War he was head of the department of seamanship at…

Krieghoff, Cornelius

(Encyclopedia) Krieghoff, CorneliusKrieghoff, Corneliuskrēgˈhŏf [key], 1812–72, Canadian painter, b. Düsseldorf, Germany. He traveled widely and took part in the Seminole wars in Florida as a member…

Arctic Circle

(Encyclopedia) Arctic Circle, imaginary circle on the surface of the earth at 661&fslsh;2°N latitude, i.e., 231&fslsh;2° south of the North Pole. It marks the northernmost point at which the…

Eucken, Rudolf Christoph

(Encyclopedia) Eucken, Rudolf ChristophEucken, Rudolf Christophr&oomacr;ˈdôlf krĭsˈtôf oikˈən [key], 1846–1926, German philosopher, studied at Göttingen and Berlin. He taught philosophy at Basel…