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Fort Knox
(Encyclopedia) Fort Knox [for Henry Knox], U.S. military reservation, 110,000 acres (44,515 hectares), Hardin and Meade counties, N Ky.; est. 1917 as a training camp in World War I. It became a…Aiken
(Encyclopedia) Aiken, city (2020 pop. 32,025), seat of Aiken co., W S.C.; inc. 1835. A resort and polo center and a training area for Thoroughbreds, Aiken has apparel, printing and…Toscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzo
(Encyclopedia) Toscanelli, Paolo dal PozzoToscanelli, Paolo dal Pozzopäˈōlō däl pôtˈtsō tōskänĕlˈlē [key], 1397–1482, Italian cosmographer and mathematician. A physician by training, he was also…Than Shwe
(Encyclopedia) Than ShweThan Shwethän shwā [key], 1933–, Burmese soldier and military dictator of Myanmar. He joined the army in 1953, attended training school, and became a commissioned officer. In…Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August
(Encyclopedia) Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm AugustFroebel, Friedrich Wilhelm Augustfrāˈbəl, frōˈ–, Ger. frēˈdrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm ouˈg&oobreve;st fröˈbəl [key], 1782–1852, German educator and founder of…Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich
(Encyclopedia) Pestalozzi, Johann HeinrichPestalozzi, Johann Heinrichyōˈhän hīnˈrĭkh pĕsˌtälôtˈsē [key], 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer, b. Zürich. His theories laid the foundation of modern…Chilon
(Encyclopedia) ChilonChilonkīˈlŏn [key], 6th cent. b.c., one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. He was a Spartan and brought greater strictness to Spartan training. As an ephor (c.556 b.c.) he…Andrews, Lorrin
(Encyclopedia) Andrews, Lorrin, 1795–1868, American missionary to the Hawaiian Islands, b. present-day Vernon, Conn., grad. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1825. He founded (1831) on Maui a training…Mechichi, Hichem
(Encyclopedia) Mechichi, Hichem, 1974–, Tunisian political leader. A lawyer by training, he served on the National Commission to Investigate Embezzlement and Corruption and with the National Anti-…Lydd
(Encyclopedia) LyddLyddlĭd [key], town (1991 pop. 4,721), Kent, SE England. A military training center, Lydd gave its name to lyddite (picric acid), an explosive that was tested at the military camp…Trending
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