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(Encyclopedia)Stephen Dushan: see Stephen Dušan. ...Harding, Stephen
(Encyclopedia)Harding, Stephen: see Stephen Harding, Saint. ...Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames
(Encyclopedia)Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 1829–94, English jurist and journalist; brother of Sir Leslie Stephen. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge and was admitted to the bar in 1854. After 1855 he wrote ma...Stephen I
(Encyclopedia)Stephen I, king of Hungary: see Stephen, Saint (975–1038). ...Stephen V
(Encyclopedia)Stephen V, 1239–72, king of Hungary (1270–72), son and successor of Bela IV. As a child he was named duke of Transylvania, and in 1259 he was made duke of Styria. After the loss (1260) of Styria t...Dulles, John Foster
(Encyclopedia)Dulles, John Foster dŭlˈəs [key], 1888–1959, U.S. secretary of state (1953–59), b. Washington, D.C.; brother of Allen Dulles, grandson of John Watson Foster, secretary of state under President ...Saint Stephen
(Encyclopedia)Saint Stephen, town (1991 pop. 4,931), SW N.B., Canada, on the St. Croix River opposite Calais, Maine. The two towns, connected by an international bridge, form virtually a single community. St. Steph...European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(Encyclopedia)European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), international financial institution that invests primarily in the private sector to promote entrepreneurship and foster the development of demo...Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)
(Encyclopedia)Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin) bärˈbôld [key], 1743–1825, English poet and editor. In 1774 she married Rochemont Barbauld and with him opened a boarding school. Her Hymns in Prose for children, w...Manaen
(Encyclopedia)Manaen mănˈāĕn [key], in the New Testament, Antiochene Christian, foster brother of Herod the tetrarch. ...Browse by Subject
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