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Campbell, Keith
(Encyclopedia)Campbell, Keith, 1954–2012, British cell biologist, b. Birmingham, England, Ph.D. Univ. of Sussex, 1986. In 1991 he joined the Edinburgh Research Station of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (...Campbell, Kim
(Encyclopedia)Campbell, Kim (Avril Phaedra Campbell), 1947–, Canadian political leader, prime minister of Canada (1993), b. Port Alberni, British Columbia. A litigation lawyer and originally a member of the Socia...Fort Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Fort Thomas, city (2020 pop. 15,999), Campbell co., N Ky., on the Ohio River, a residential suburb S of Cincinnati, Ohio; inc. 1867. The city was named ...Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
(Encyclopedia)Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), sometimes called Campbellites, a Protestant religious body founded early in the 19th cent. in the United States. Its primary thesis is that the Bible alone shou...Campbell, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Campbell, city (2020 pop. 43,959), Santa Clara co., W Calif., in the fertile Santa Clara valley; founded 1885, inc. 1952. The city's economy, formerly t...Hopkinsville
(Encyclopedia)Hopkinsville, city (2020 pop. 31,180), seat of Christian co., SW Ky.; inc. 1804. Fertile agricultural lands surround Hopkinsville, which is a leading to...Breadalbane, John Campbell, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Breadalbane, John Campbell, 1st earl of brədôlˈbĭn, brĕd– [key], 1635?–1717, Scottish nobleman. He took part in the royalist rising of 1654 and helped George Monck to further the restoration ...Langside
(Encyclopedia)Langside, district of Glasgow, S central Scotland. At the battle of Langside (1568) the 1st earl of Murray defeated the forces of Mary Queen of Scots led by Archibald Campbell, 5th earl of Argyll. As ...Kenneth II
(Encyclopedia)Kenneth II, d. 995, Scottish king (971–995). The son of Malcolm I (reigned 943–54), he became king of the united Picts and Scots in 971 and immediately led a savage raid on the British in Northumb...Campbellites
(Encyclopedia)Campbellites: see Campbell, Alexander; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). ...Browse by Subject
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