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Alexander, Sir William
(Encyclopedia)Alexander, Sir William, d. 1640: see Stirling, William Alexander, earl of. ...Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
(Encyclopedia)Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs: see Rotblat, Sir Joseph. ...Grey, Sir Edward
(Encyclopedia)Grey, Sir Edward: see Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount. ...Leveson-Gower, Sir Francis
(Encyclopedia)Leveson-Gower, Sir Francis: see Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, 1st earl of. ...Conway, Sir Martin
(Encyclopedia)Conway, Sir Martin: see Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron. ...Dyer, Sir Edward
(Encyclopedia)Dyer, Sir Edward, 1543?–1607, Elizabethan poet. A friend of Sidney and Spenser, he was celebrated in his day as an elegist. His best-known poem is “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is.” ...Douglas-Home, Sir Alec
(Encyclopedia)Douglas-Home, Sir Alec: Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel. ...Smith, Sir William Sidney
(Encyclopedia)Smith, Sir William Sidney, 1764–1840, British admiral. He was a distinguished commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and is especially remembered for his defense of Acre against N...Frere, Sir Henry Bartle Edward
(Encyclopedia)Frere, Sir Henry Bartle Edward frēr [key], 1815–84, British colonial administrator; nephew of John Hookham Frere. He served (1850–59) as chief commissioner of Sind, distinguishing himself during ...Gill, Sir David
(Encyclopedia)Gill, Sir David gĭl [key], 1843–1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen. He made observations of the transits of Venus and Mars and investigated the solar parallax. As astronom...Browse by Subject
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