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(Encyclopedia) Fairbanks, city (2020 pop. 32,515), Fairbanks North Star Borough, E central Alaska, on the Chena River near its confluence with the…Hemet
(Encyclopedia) Hemet Hemet hĕmˈĭt [key], city (2020 pop. 89,833), Riverside co., S Calif., in the San…Afinogenov, Aleksandr Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia) Afinogenov, Aleksandr NikolayevichAfinogenov, Aleksandr Nikolayevichəlyĭksänˈdər nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch əfēˌnəgyĕˈnəf [key], 1904–41, Russian playwright. In his early plays he wrote of labor…Canada First movement
(Encyclopedia) Canada First movement, party that appeared in Canada soon after confederation (1867). Its purpose was to encourage the growth of nonpartisan loyalty to the new dominion of Canada. In…Wölfflin, Heinrich
(Encyclopedia) Wölfflin, HeinrichWölfflin, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh völfˈlĭn [key], 1864–1945, Swiss art historian. Wölfflin's formal stylistic analysis of motifs and composition in art combined cultural…Burt, Cyril Lodowic
(Encyclopedia) Burt, Cyril LodowicBurt, Cyril Lodowiclŏdˈəwĭk, lōˈdə– [key], 1883–1971, British psychologist. Educated at Oxford and Würzburg, he became a prominent figure in psychology. Burt made…Butterfield, John
(Encyclopedia) Butterfield, John, 1801–69, American stagecoach proprietor and expressman, b. near Albany, N.Y. Beginning as a stage driver out of Albany, he rose to ownership of a large network of…Brundtland, Gro Harlem
(Encyclopedia) Brundtland, Gro HarlemBrundtland, Gro Harlembr&oobreve;ntˈländ [key], 1939–, Norwegian political leader. She worked as a physician in the national health service until appointed (…Unwin, Sir Raymond
(Encyclopedia) Unwin, Sir RaymondUnwin, Sir Raymondŭnˈwĭn [key], 1863–1940, English architect and town planner. He designed the first English garden city near Letchworth, the New Earwick development…Weissman, Drew
(Encyclopedia) Weissman, Drew 1959–, b. Lexington, Mass., American Immunologist, studied at Brandeis University (B.A., M.A., 1981) and Boston…Trending
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