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(Encyclopedia)McPherson, city (1990 pop. 12,422), seat of McPherson co., central Kans., in a farm area on the old Santa Fe Trail; inc. 1874. The city has an oil refinery and factories that make plastics, railroad e...Alfonso IV, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona
(Encyclopedia)Alfonso IV, 1299–1336, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1327–36), son and successor of James II. Before his accession he conquered (1323–24) Sardinia, where later a revolt involved him in...Garretson, James Edmund
(Encyclopedia)Garretson, James Edmund, 1828–95, American pioneer in oral surgery, b. Wilmington, Del., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1859. From 1874 he taught at Philadelphia Dental College (now part of Temple Univ...Blaine
(Encyclopedia)Blaine, city (2020 pop. 70,222), Anoka co., SE Minn., a suburb N of Minneapolis; settled 1862, inc. 1964. Diverse manufactures include medical equipment...Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement, known as Cardinal York, 1725–1807, claimant to the British throne, b. Rome. Second son of James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender), he was the...Oates, Titus
(Encyclopedia)Oates, Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator. An Anglican priest whose whole career was marked with intrigue and scandal, he joined forces with one Israel Tonge to invent the story of the Popish Plo...Dalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st marquess of
(Encyclopedia)Dalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st marquess of dălho͞oˈzē, –houˈ– [key], 1812–60, British statesman. After serving as president of the Board of Trade (1845–47) he was governor-gene...Dallas, Alexander James
(Encyclopedia)Dallas, Alexander James dălˈəs [key], 1759–1817, U.S. secretary of the treasury (1814–16), b. Jamaica, West Indies. He went (1783) to Philadelphia, practiced law, and was secretary of state (17...Donleavy, J. P.
(Encyclopedia)Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick Donleavy), 1926–2017, Irish-American novelist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., studied Trinity College, Dublin. The son of Irish expatriates, he lived most of his life in Ireland a...Hampton, part of Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia)Hampton, since 1965 part of the Greater London outer borough of Richmond upon Thames, SE England, on the Thames River. It is the site of Hampton Court Palace, which occupies about eight acres (3.25 he...Browse by Subject
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