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Wallace, Edgar
(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Edgar (Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace), 1875–1932, English novelist and playwright, b. Greenwich. He was the author of more than 150 detective and adventure novels, of which as…Vieuxtemps, Henri
(Encyclopedia) Vieuxtemps, HenriVieuxtemps, HenriäNrēˈ vyötäNˈ [key], 1820–81, Belgian violinist and composer. He toured Europe and the United States and taught in St. Petersburg (1846–51), where he…Aguascalientes, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Aguascalientes, city, capital of Aguascalientes state, central Mexico. The city is a pleasant health resort, noted for its mineral waters and vineyards. Its industries…Bartsch, Adam von
(Encyclopedia) Bartsch, Adam von (Johann Adam Bernhard von Bartsch)Bartsch, Adam vonäˈdäm fən bärch [key], 1757–1821, Austrian engraver, etcher, and writer. His critical catalog, Le Peintre Graveur (…Stainer, Sir John
(Encyclopedia) Stainer, Sir JohnStainer, Sir Johnstāˈnər [key], 1840–1901, English composer and organist, grad. Oxford. He was organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Cathedral (1872–88), and he wrote…Saint Cloud
(Encyclopedia) Saint Cloud, city (1990 pop. 48,812), seat of Stearns co. and also in Benton and Sherburne counties, central Minn., on the Mississippi River; inc. 1856. Agriculture (dairying, poultry…Saint James's Palace
(Encyclopedia) Saint James's Palace, in Westminster, London, England, on St. James's Street and fronting on Pall Mall. Henry VIII built the palace and established the park around it. It was the…Corning
(Encyclopedia) Corning, city (2020 pop. 10,551), Steuben co., S N.Y., on the Chemung River, in a dairy and vineyard region; settled 1788, inc. as a…Guest, Edwin
(Encyclopedia) Guest, Edwin, 1800–1880, English archaeologist and philologist. A founder of the Philological Society (1842), Guest wrote articles on English philology and on archaeology, especially…hourglass
(Encyclopedia) hourglass, glass instrument for measuring time, usually consisting of two bulbs united by a narrow neck. One bulb is filled with fine sand that runs through the neck into the other…Trending
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