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Lancaster, Thomas, earl of
(Encyclopedia)Lancaster, Thomas, earl of: see Lancaster, house of. ...Brotherhood of the New Life
(Encyclopedia)Brotherhood of the New Life: see Harris, Thomas Lake. ...Narayan, R. K.
(Encyclopedia)Narayan, R. K. (Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan) nərīˈyän [key], 1906–2001, Indian novelist, b. Madras (now Chennai). Narayan, who wrote in English, published his first novel, Swami and Friends, ...Valdivia, Pedro de
(Encyclopedia)Valdivia, Pedro de pāˈdhrō dā väldēˈvyä [key], c.1500–1554, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Chile. One of Francisco Pizarro's best officers in the conquest of Peru, educated, energetic, s...Conant, Thomas Jefferson
(Encyclopedia)Conant, Thomas Jefferson, 1802–91, American biblical scholar. He produced new translations of books of the Bible and aided in the revision of the English Bible, completed in 1881. ...Braidwood, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Braidwood, Thomas, 1715–1806, English educator, grad. Univ. of Edinburgh. He established (1760) at Edinburgh the first school in Great Britain for deaf-mutes, moving it to London in 1783. ...Malone, Dumas
(Encyclopedia)Malone, Dumas do͞omäˈ məlōnˈ [key], 1892–1986, American historian and editor, b. Coldwater, Miss. He received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1923 and was an instructor of history at Yale (1919–23) a...Linton, William James
(Encyclopedia)Linton, William James, 1812–97, Anglo-American wood engraver, author, and political reformer. In 1842 he began working as a wood engraver with John Orrin Smith and produced illustrations for the new...Lamont, Thomas William
(Encyclopedia)Lamont, Thomas William ləmŏntˈ [key], 1870–1948, American banker, b. Claverack, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1892. Lamont entered (1903) the banking business in New York City and by 1911 was a partner of...Charlottesville
(Encyclopedia)Charlottesville shärˈlətsvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 46,553), seat of Albemarle co., central Va., on the ...Browse by Subject
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