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Aldhelm, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Aldhelm, SaintAldhelm, Saintôldˈhĕlm [key], 639?–709, English churchman and scholar. He was abbot of Malmesbury (from 675) and became the first bishop of Sherborne (705). A…Cunningham, Imogen
(Encyclopedia) Cunningham, Imogen, 1883–1976, American photographer, b. Portland, Oreg. Cunningham began taking pictures in 1901. After study abroad she opened a studio in Seattle in 1910 and for six…Eisenstadt
(Encyclopedia) Eisenstadt Eisenstadt īˈzənshtätˌ [key], town, capital of Burgenland, E Austria, at the foot of the…Falun
(Encyclopedia) Falun Falun fäˈlŭnˌ [key], city, capital of Kopparberg co., S central Sweden; chartered 1624…Fantin-Latour, Ignace Henri Jean Théodore
(Encyclopedia) Fantin-Latour, Ignace Henri Jean ThéodoreFantin-Latour, Ignace Henri Jean Théodoreēgnäsˈ äNrēˈ zhäNˈ tēōdôrˈ fäNtăNˈ-lät&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1836–1904, French painter and lithographer…Helmstedt
(Encyclopedia) Helmstedt Helmstedt hĕlmˈshtĕt [key], city, Lower Saxony, N central Germany. Manufactures include…Aijalon
(Encyclopedia) AijalonAijalonăˈjəlŏn, īˈ–, āˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, on the border between Philistia and Israel, the modern Yalo (Israel), NW of Jerusalem. In the Tell el Amarna letters it is…Celle
(Encyclopedia) Celle Celle tsĕlˈə [key], city, Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Aller River. Its manufactures…Tyler
(Encyclopedia) Tyler, city (1990 pop. 75,450), seat of Smith co., E Tex.; inc. 1850. In the heart of the rich East Texas oil field, Tyler has refineries and other oil-based industries. The…Yeomen of the Guard
(Encyclopedia) Yeomen of the Guard, bodyguard, now ceremonial in function, of the sovereign of England. When the guard was originated by Henry VII in 1485, its members had numerous duties as…Trending
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