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Mount Holyoke College

(Encyclopedia) Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke Collegehōlˈyōk [key], at South Hadley, Mass.; for women; chartered 1836, opened 1837 as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary under Mary Lyon, rechartered as…

Atlanta University Center

(Encyclopedia) Atlanta University Center, at Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational. The largest consortium of historically African-American educational institutions in the country, it was organized in 1929…

Merton, Walter de

(Encyclopedia) Merton, Walter de, d. 1277, English bishop, founder of Merton College, Oxford. He was lord chancellor from 1261 to 1263, was reappointed after the death of Henry III (1272), and was…

Lilly Endowment, Inc.

(Encyclopedia) Lilly Endowment, Inc., institution founded (1937) at Indianapolis, Ind., by pharmaceutical manufacturer Josiah K. Lilly (1861–1948) as a philanthropic foundation for “the promotion and…

Illinois, University of

(Encyclopedia) Illinois, University of, main campus at Urbana-Champaign; land-grant with state and federal support; coeducational; chartered 1867, opened 1868 as Illinois Industrial Univ., renamed…

Khandwa

(Encyclopedia) KhandwaKhandwakŭndˈvə [key], city (1991 pop. 145,133), Madhya Pradesh state, central India. Khandwa is a district administrative center and a market for cotton, timber, and grain.…

Rajshahi

(Encyclopedia) RajshahiRajshahiräjshäˈhē [key], formerly Rampur BoaliaRajshahirämˈp&oobreve;r bōäˈlēä [key], city (1991 pop. 318,000), W central Bangladesh, on the Ganges River. It is the…

Pennsylvania State University

(Encyclopedia) Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. It was…

Aalborg

(Encyclopedia) Aalborg Aalborg ôlˈbôrg, ôlˈbôr [key], city (2020 pop. 136,000), capital of Nordjylland co., N Denmark, on both sides of the Limfjord; it is Denmark's fourth…

Thornhill, Sir James

(Encyclopedia) Thornhill, Sir James, 1676–1734, English decorative artist. George I made him court painter and later knighted him. He executed decorations in Hampton Court and the cupola of St. Paul'…