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Cole, Margaret Isabel (Postgate)
(Encyclopedia)Cole, Margaret Isabel (Postgate): see Cole, George Douglas Howard. ...Hanover, former kingdom and province, Germany
(Encyclopedia)Hanover hănˈōvər [key], Ger. Hannover, former independent kingdom and former province of Germany; Lower Saxony, NW Germany. Very irregular in outline, Hanover stretched from the Dutch border and t...Fox, Charles James
(Encyclopedia)Fox, Charles James, 1749–1806, British statesman and orator, for many years the outstanding parliamentary proponent of liberal reform. He entered Parliament in 1768 and served as lord of the admiral...Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert
(Encyclopedia)Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert: see under Scott, Sir George Gilbert. ...Bloody Assizes
(Encyclopedia)Bloody Assizes: see Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron. ...Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron: see Bulwer-Lytton. ...Dawson Creek
(Encyclopedia)Dawson Creek, city, E British Columbia, Canada, near the Alta. border, on Dawson Creek and NE of Prince George. An important grain-shipping center, it i...Heathfield, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Heathfield, 1st Baron: see Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar. ...Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Viscount: see under Spencer, George John Spencer, 2d Earl. ...Nicolay, John George
(Encyclopedia)Nicolay, John George nĭkˈəlā [key], 1832–1901, biographer of Lincoln, b. Bavaria. In 1837 he was brought to the United States, and his family settled in Pike co., Ill. He worked on the Pittsfiel...Browse by Subject
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