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Hume, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Hume, Joseph, 1777–1855, English politician and reformer. Although a Tory in early life, he sat in Parliament from 1818 to 1855 (with only one interruption) as an indefatigable Radical…Hopkins, Johns
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Johns, 1795–1873, American financier and philanthropist, founder of Johns Hopkins Univ., b. Anne Arundel co., Md. In 1819 he founded his own commission firm, later known as…Issyk-Kol
(Encyclopedia) Issyk-Kol or Ysyk KölIssyk-Kolboth: ēsĭkˈ-k&oomacr;l [key], lake, E Kyrgyzstan, in the Alatau Mts. At an altitude of c.5,300 ft (1,620 m) and with an area of c.2,400 sq mi (6,220…Imola
(Encyclopedia) Imola Imola ēˈmōlä [key], city, Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Aemilian Way. It is…Manamah, Al
(Encyclopedia) Manamah, AlManamah, Aläl mänämˈä [key], town (1991 pop. 127,578), capital, commercial center, and largest city of Bahrain, on the Persian Gulf. It has oil refineries and light…Ajaccio
(Encyclopedia) Ajaccio Ajaccio äyätˈchō [key], town, capital of Corse-du-Sud dept., France, on the Isle of Corsica. A year-round tourist attraction, Ajaccio also has…Duruy, Victor
(Encyclopedia) Duruy, VictorDuruy, Victorvēktôrˈ dürüēˈ [key], 1811–94, French historian. He was a professor at Reims and Paris, and as minister of public instruction (1863–69) under Napoleon III he…Dyk, Viktor
(Encyclopedia) Dyk, ViktorDyk, Viktorvĭkˈtôr dĭk [key], 1877–1931, Czech writer and nationalist. Dyk considered his novels, satires, short stories, plays, and poems as weapons in the struggle to free…Dunedin, city, New Zealand
(Encyclopedia) Dunedin Dunedin dənēˈdĭn [key], city, SE South Island, New Zealand, at the head of Otago Harbor…Jouhaux, Léon
(Encyclopedia) Jouhaux, LéonJouhaux, LéonlāôNˈ zh&oomacr;-ōˈ [key], 1879–1954, French Socialist labor leader. He headed the Confédération Générale du Travail from 1909 to 1947, when he resigned…Trending
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