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Albert, Lake

(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)…

Albert Achilles

(Encyclopedia) Albert AchillesAlbert Achillesəkĭlˈēz [key], 1414–86, elector of Brandenburg (1470–86); third son of Elector Frederick I. He succeeded his brother in 1470. Anxious to consolidate…

Albert Canal

(Encyclopedia) Albert Canal, waterway, c.80 mi (130 km) long, N Belgium, from the Meuse River to the Scheldt River; constructed 1930–39. The canal connects the important industrial region around…

Albert Lea

(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…

Albert Nile

(Encyclopedia) Albert Nile, river, Uganda: see Nile.

Albert Nyanza

(Encyclopedia) Albert Nyanza, E Africa: see Albert, Lake.

Charles Albert

(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…

Claude, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Claude, AlbertClaude, Albertälbârrˈ klōd [key], 1899–1983, Belgian biologist, b. Longlier, M.D., Univ. of Liège, 1928. He joined the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller Univ.) in…

Finney, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Finney, Albert, 1936–2019, English actor, studied Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London. He debuted in the theater in 1956, and appeared on the London and New York stage throughout…

Fert, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Fert, AlbertFert, Albertälbârˈ fâr [key], 1938– French physicist, b. Carcassonne, France. After receiving his Ph.D. at the Univ. of Paris-Sud in 1970 Fert accepted a teaching position…