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Claverhouse, John Graham of
(Encyclopedia)Claverhouse, John Graham of: see Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount. ...Hay, John
(Encyclopedia)Hay, John: see Tweeddale, John Hay, 2d earl and 1st marquess of. ...Saint John's, city, N.L., Canada
(Encyclopedia)Saint John's, city (2001 pop. 99,182), provincial capital, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the northeast coast of the Avalon Peninsula, SE Newfoundland island. Built on hills overlooking a fine ...Adams, John Couch
(Encyclopedia)Adams, John Couch, 1819–92, English astronomer, grad. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1843. By mathematical calculation based on irregularities in the motion of Uranus, he predicted the position of t...Playfair, John
(Encyclopedia)Playfair, John, 1748–1819, Scottish mathematician, physicist, and geologist. He was educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh and taught first mathematics and then physics and astronomy at the latter un...Sloan, John
(Encyclopedia)Sloan, John, 1871–1951, American painter and etcher, b. Lock Haven, Pa. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked for 12 years as an illustrator on the Philadelphia Inquirer...Dalrymple, John
(Encyclopedia)Dalrymple, John: see Stair, John Dalrymple, 1st earl of, and Stair, John Dalrymple, 2d earl of. ...Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount: see Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl of. ...Innocent I, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Innocent I, Saint, d. 417, pope (401–17), an Italian; successor of St. Anastasius I. A powerful champion of papal supremacy in the entire Church, he upheld St. John Chrysostom and condemned Pelagius...John Baptist de la Salle, Saint
(Encyclopedia)John Baptist de la Salle, Saint băptēstˈ də lä sälˈ [key], 1651–1719, French educator, founder of the Christian Brothers, b. Reims. He became a priest and canon of the cathedral. He spent his...Browse by Subject
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