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Locke, John
(Encyclopedia)Locke, John lŏk [key], 1632–1704, English philosopher, founder of British empiricism. Locke summed up the Enlightenment in his belief in the middle class and its right to freedom of conscience and ...Baltimore, George Calvert, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Baltimore, George Calvert, 1st Baron: see Calvert, George. ...Leigh-Mallory, George Herbert
(Encyclopedia)Leigh-Mallory, George Herbert: see Mallory, George Herbert Leigh. ...Digby, George
(Encyclopedia)Digby, George: see Bristol, George Digby, 2d earl of. ...George, Henry
(Encyclopedia)George, Henry, 1839–97, American economist, founder of the single tax movement, b. Philadelphia. Of a poor family, his formal education was cut short at 14, and in 1857 he emigrated to California; t...Barrymore
(Encyclopedia)Barrymore, Anglo-American family of actors. Lionel and Ethel's younger brother, John Barrymore,John Barrymore, 1882–1942, b. Philadelphia, tried his hand at painting and cartooning before turning ...Jacobites
(Encyclopedia)Jacobites jăkˈəbītsˌ [key], adherents of the exiled branch of the house of Stuart who sought to restore James II and his descendants to the English and Scottish thrones after the Glorious Revolut...Stephen, George
(Encyclopedia)Stephen, George: see Mount Stephen, George Stephen, 1st Baron. ...Savile, George
(Encyclopedia)Savile, George: see Halifax, George Savile, 1st marquess of. ...Monk, George
(Encyclopedia)Monk, George: see Monck, George, 1st duke of Albemarle. ...Browse by Subject
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