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Comstock, Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Comstock, AnthonyComstock, Anthonykŏmˈstŏk [key], 1844–1915, American morals crusader, b. New Canaan, Conn. He served with the Union army in the Civil War and was later active as an…Comstock, Henry Tompkins Paige
(Encyclopedia) Comstock, Henry Tompkins Paige: see Comstock Lode.Comstock Lode
(Encyclopedia) Comstock Lode, richest known U.S. silver deposit, W Nevada, on Mt. Davidson in the Virginia Range. It is said to have been discovered in 1857 by Ethan Allen Grosh and Hosea Ballou…Comtat Venaissin
(Encyclopedia) Comtat VenaissinComtat VenaissinkəNtäˈ vənäsăNˈ [key] or Comtat, region of SE France, Vaucluse dept., comprising the territory around Avignon. Well-irrigated, it is a truck-farming and…Comte, Auguste
(Encyclopedia) Comte, AugusteComte, Augusteōgüstˈ kôNt [key], 1798–1857, French philosopher, founder of the school of philosophy known as positivism, educated in Paris. From 1818 to 1824 he…comuneros
(Encyclopedia) comuneroscomuneroskōm&oomacr;nāˈrōs [key], in Spain and Spanish America, citizens of a city or cities when organized to defend their rights against arbitrary encroachment of…Comus
(Encyclopedia) ComusComuskōˈməs [key], in late Roman legend, god of mirth and revelry. A follower of Dionysus, he was represented as a drunken youth bearing a torch. In Milton's poetic masque, Comus…Comyn, John (Black Comyn), d. c.1300, Scottish nobleman
(Encyclopedia) Comyn, JohnComyn, Johnkŭmˈĭn [key], d. c.1300, Scottish nobleman, known as the Black Comyn. In 1286 he became one of the six regents for Margaret Maid of Norway and, as such, agreed to…Comyn, John (Red Comyn), d. 1306, Scottish nobleman
(Encyclopedia) Comyn, John, d. 1306, Scottish nobleman. He was called the Red Comyn, to distinguish him from his father, the Black Comyn. Aiding his uncle, John de Baliol, in the struggle against…Conable, Barber Benjamin, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Conable, Barber Benjamin, Jr., 1922–2003, American politician, b. Warsaw, N.Y., grad. Cornell Law School, 1948. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean…Trending
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