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(Encyclopedia)Côtes-d'Armor –dü-nôr [key], department, NW France, in Brittany, on the English Channel. ...Du Gard, Roger Martin
(Encyclopedia)Du Gard, Roger Martin: see Martin du Gard. ...Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste Du
(Encyclopedia)Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste Du: see Du Bartas. ...Midi, Pic du
(Encyclopedia)Midi, Pic du: see Pic du Midi d'Ossau. ...McClellan, George Brinton
(Encyclopedia)McClellan, George Brinton, 1826–85, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Philadelphia. After graduating (1846) from West Point, he served with distinction in the Mexican War and later worked ...Matute, Ana María
(Encyclopedia)Matute, Ana María äˈnä märēˈä mäto͞oˈtā [key], 1926–2014, Spanish novelist, b. Barcelona. Much of her fiction, which has been translated into more than 20 languages, reflects her searing...Carter, Mrs. Leslie
(Encyclopedia)Carter, Mrs. Leslie, 1862–1937, American actress, b. Lexington, Ky., whose maiden name was Caroline Louise Dudley. She became a protégée of Belasco and first appeared in 1890 in The Ugly Duckling....Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. vŏnˈəgət [key] 1922–2007, American novelist, b. Indianapolis. After serving in World War II, he worked as a police reporter and wrote short stories for mainstream and science...Lederberg, Joshua
(Encyclopedia)Lederberg, Joshua lāˈdərbûrgˌ [key], 1925–2008, American geneticist, b. Montclair, N.J., grad. Columbia, 1944, Ph.D. Yale, 1948. He is known for his studies of the genetic mechanisms of bacteri...Ruffin, Edmund
(Encyclopedia)Ruffin, Edmund rŭfˈĭn [key], 1794–1865, American agriculturist, one of the Southern fire-eaters, b. Prince George co., Va. His interest in improving impoverished land led him to become a pioneer ...Browse by Subject
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