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Mount Vernon, estate, United States
(Encyclopedia) Mount Vernon, NE Va., overlooking the Potomac River near Alexandria, S of Washington, D.C.; home of George Washington from 1747 until his death in 1799. The land was patented in 1674,…Monckton, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Monckton, RobertMonckton, Robertmŭngkˈtən [key], 1726–82, British general. After service in Flanders and Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48), he was sent (1752…Meares, John
(Encyclopedia) Meares, JohnMeares, Johnmērz [key], 1756?–1809, British naval officer, explorer, and trader. He served in the navy, in which he attained the rank of lieutenant, until after the Peace…Niemoeller, Martin
(Encyclopedia) Niemoeller or Niemöller, MartinNiemoeller or Niemöller, Martinboth: märˈtĭn nēˈmölər [key], 1892–1984, German Protestant churchman. He studied theology after distinguishing himself as…Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
(Encyclopedia) Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of MagdalaNapier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdalanāˈpēr, nəpērˈ [key], 1810–90, British general. In the engineering service in…Li Yüan-hung
(Encyclopedia) Li Yüan-hungLi Yüan-hunglē yüän-h&oobreve;ng [key], 1864–1928, president of China (1916–17, 1922–23). A brigade commander under the Ch'ing dynasty, Li was compelled by army rebels…Du Pont, Samuel Francis
(Encyclopedia) Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803–65, American naval officer, b. Bergen Point, N.J.; grandson of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. Appointed a midshipman in 1815, he saw his first active…Hiero II
(Encyclopedia) Hiero II, d. c.215 b.c., Greek Sicilian ruler, tyrant of Syracuse (c.270–c.215 b.c.). He showed such ability and distinction after Pyrrhus left Sicily (275 b.c.) that he was made…Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani
(Encyclopedia) Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, 1952–, emir of Qatar (1995–2013). The son of Emir Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, Hamad is credited with having turned a country of desert nomads into a modern…Jugurtha
(Encyclopedia) JugurthaJugurthaj&oomacr;gûrˈthə [key], c.156–104 b.c., king of Numidia, a grandson of Masinissa. On the death of Micipsa (118 b.c.), the royal power devolved upon his two sons and…Trending
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