(Encyclopedia) Albert, Lake, or Albert NyanzaAlbert Nyanzanīănˈzə, nyänˈzä [key], 2,064 sq mi (5,346 sq km), on the Congo (Kinshasa)–Uganda border, E central Africa. The lake is c.100 mi (160 km)…
(Encyclopedia) Charles Albert, 1798–1849, king of Sardinia (1831–49, see Savoy, house of). Because he had not been entirely unsympathetic to the revolutionary movement of 1821 in Sardinia, Charles…
(Encyclopedia) Prince Albert, city (1991 pop. 34,181), central Sask., Canada, on the North Saskatchewan River. Prince Albert is a commercial and distribution center for a lumbering, gold- and uranium…
(Encyclopedia) Kahn, AlbertKahn, Albertkän [key], 1869–1942, American architect, noted as a designer of factories, b. Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1880. He worked as a draftsman in a…
(Encyclopedia) Albert Lea Albert Lea lē [key], city (2020 pop. 18,492), seat of Freeborn co., S Minn., near the Iowa line; inc. 1878. It is a manufacturing and marketing…
(Encyclopedia) Demangeon, AlbertDemangeon, AlbertdāmäNzhōNˈ [key], 1872–1940, French geographer, specializing in the study of regional and economic geography. His best-known works include Le Déclin…
(Encyclopedia) Sorel, AlbertSorel, Albertälbĕrˈ [key]Sorel, Albert sôrĕlˈ [key], 1842–1906, French historian. After a diplomatic career that gave him unique access to the archives of the foreign…
(Encyclopedia) Marquet, AlbertMarquet, Albertälbĕrˈ märkāˈ [key], 1875–1947, French painter. In 1894 he met Matisse and later became associated with fauvism. His exuberantly colored figure studies…
(Encyclopedia) Lebrun, AlbertLebrun, Albertälbĕrˈ ləbröNˈ [key], 1871–1950, French statesman, last president of the Third Republic. Elected to the chamber of deputies in 1900, he later became a…
