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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…Giddings, Joshua Reed
(Encyclopedia) Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795–1864, American abolitionist, b. Tioga Point (now Athens), Pa. A successful lawyer in Jefferson, Ohio, he represented the Western Reserve in Congress (1838–…United States Merchant Marine Academy
(Encyclopedia) United States Merchant Marine Academy, at Kings Point, N.Y.; for the training of merchant marine officers; established 1936, opened 1943. The academy became coeducational in 1974.…Tooke, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Tooke, Thomas, 1774–1858, British economist, b. St. Petersburg, Russia. A successful businessman, he began to speak on behalf of free trade before Parliamentary committees and was one…Robbins, Lionel Charles
(Encyclopedia) Robbins, Lionel Charles, 1898–1984, British economist, b. Middlesex, England. A professor at the London School of Economics (1929–61), he wrote the well-known methodological treatise,…Sharp, Granville
(Encyclopedia) Sharp, Granville, 1735–1813, English reformer, scholar, and abolitionist. In 1772 he won a case establishing the principle that any slave would become free upon reaching British land.…Ravensburg
(Encyclopedia) RavensburgRavensburgräˈvənsb&oobreve;rkh [key], city (1994 pop. 47,099), Baden-Württemberg, S Germany. Its manufactures include machinery, paper, textiles, and wood products.…Trending
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