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Knopf, Blanche W.
(Encyclopedia)Knopf, Blanche W.: see under Knopf, Alfred A. ...Fontanne, Lynn
(Encyclopedia)Fontanne, Lynn: see Lunt, Alfred, and Lynn Fontanne. ...Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred äNtwänˈ özhĕnˈ älfrĕdˈ shäNzēˈ [key], 1823–83, French general. After service in Algeria, Italy, and Syria, he was refused a major command in the Franco-Pru...Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile
(Encyclopedia)Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile älfrĕdˈ zhül āmēlˈ fo͞oyāˈ [key], 1838–1912, self-educated French philosopher and sociologist. Until 1875, when he retired, he was a teacher at various French...Tirpitz, Alfred von
(Encyclopedia)Tirpitz, Alfred von älˈfrāt fən tĭrˈpĭts [key], 1849–1930, German admiral. His influence on German naval policy began with his study of the recently invented torpedo and his consequent appoin...Athelstan
(Encyclopedia)Athelstan or Æthelstan both: ăthˈəlstən, ăthˈĕlstän [key], d. 939, king of Wessex (924–39), son and successor of Edward the Elder. After coming to the throne, he vigorously built up his kin...Mond, Alfred Moritz, 1st Baron Melchett
(Encyclopedia)Mond, Alfred Moritz, 1st Baron Melchett mŏnd, mĕlˈchĭt [key], 1868–1930, English industrialist and politician; son of Ludwig Mond. He played a leading part in the centralization of the English c...Marshall, Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Marshall, Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist. At Cambridge, where he taught from 1885 to 1908, he exerted great influence on the development of economic thought of the time; one of his students wa...Kinsey, Alfred Charles
(Encyclopedia)Kinsey, Alfred Charles kĭnˈzē [key], 1894–1956, American biologist, b. Hoboken, N.J., grad. Bowdoin College (B.S., 1916), Harvard (D.Sc., 1920). He was associated with the Univ. of Indiana from 1...Edward the Elder
(Encyclopedia)Edward the Elder, d. 924, king of Wessex (899–924), son and successor of Alfred. He fought with his father against the Danes. At Alfred's death (899) Edward's succession was disputed by his cousin ...Browse by Subject
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