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Phillips, Samuel
(Encyclopedia)Phillips, Samuel, 1752–1802, American educator and politician, b. North Andover, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1771. A member of the Massachusetts provincial congress (1775–80) and a delegate to the state...Louisville
(Encyclopedia)Louisville lo͞oˈēvĭl [key], city (1990 pop. 269,063), seat of Jefferson co., NW Ky., at the Falls of the Ohio; inc. 1780. It is the largest city in Kentucky, a port of entry, and an important indu...Barnett, Samuel Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Barnett, Samuel Augustus bärˈnĕt [key], 1844–1913, English clergyman and social worker. As vicar of St. Jude's, Whitechapel, in the slums of London, he pioneered in the social settlement movement...Bard, Samuel
(Encyclopedia)Bard, Samuel, see under Bard, John. ...Cooper, Alexander
(Encyclopedia)Cooper, Alexander: see under Cooper, Samuel. ...Warner, Samuel Louis
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Samuel Louis: see Warner Brothers. ...Toynbee Hall
(Encyclopedia)Toynbee Hall: see Barnett, Samuel Augustus. ...Clemens, Samuel Langhorne
(Encyclopedia)Clemens, Samuel Langhorne: see Twain, Mark. ...Keene, Laura
(Encyclopedia)Keene, Laura, c.1826–1873, Anglo-American actress-manager, b. England. She played with Mme Vestris at the Lyceum, London. She emigrated to the United States in 1852 and became manager (1855) of Laur...Kirksville
(Encyclopedia)Kirksville, city (1990 pop. 17,152), seat of Adair co., N Mo.; inc. 1857. A processing, trade, and shipping center for a farm area (corn, soybeans, sheep, cattle, hogs), Kirksville also has light manu...Browse by Subject
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