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Foxe, John

(Encyclopedia)Foxe, John, 1516–87, English clergyman, author of the noted Book of Martyrs. He early became a Protestant and, when Mary Tudor became queen, he fled from England to Strasbourg. There was printed (15...

Greenock

(Encyclopedia)Greenock grēnˈək, grĭnˈ–, grĕnˈ– [key], city, Inverclyde, W Scotland, on t...

Gregory, Wilton Daniel

(Encyclopedia)Gregory, Wilton Daniel, 1947–, American Roman Catholic cardinal, b. Chicago. Ordained in 1973, he was educated at Niles College (now St. Joseph's College Seminary) of Loyola Univ., Chicago, St. Mary...

Jones, Mother

(Encyclopedia)Jones, Mother: see Jones, Mary Harris. ...

Special Olympics

(Encyclopedia)Special Olympics: see Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy. ...

Casket Letters

(Encyclopedia)Casket Letters: see Mary Queen of Scots. ...
 

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