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Glassboro

(Encyclopedia) Glassboro, borough (2020 pop. 23,149), Gloucester co., SW N.J.; settled 1775, inc. 1920. It is a trade and processing center for a fruit…

Gardner

(Encyclopedia) Gardner. <1> City (2020 pop. 23,287), Johnson co., NE Kans; founded 1857. A suburb of Kansas City, the town is located where the…

Dodsley, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Dodsley, Robert, 1703–64, English publisher and author. He wrote occasional verses, and also several plays, including The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737); a ballad opera, The…

Chanute

(Encyclopedia) Chanute Chanute shən&oomacr;tˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 8,722), Neosho co., SE Kans., on the Neosho…

Clive, Kitty

(Encyclopedia) Clive, Kitty (Catherine Raftor), 1711–85, English singer and actress. She made her debut (c.1728) at Drury Lane under the management of Colley Cibber and worked for many years with…

Rice University

(Encyclopedia) Rice University, at Houston, Tex.; coeducational; chartered 1891 as Rice Institute through a bequest of William Marsh Rice, opened 1912, renamed 1960. It follows the residential…

Moline

(Encyclopedia) MolineMolinemōlēnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 43,202), Rock Island co., NW Ill., on the Mississippi River, in a coal area; inc. 1848. It is a transportation and industrial center, and has…

lusterware

(Encyclopedia) lusterware, kind of pottery with an overglaze finish containing copper and silver or other materials that give the effect of iridescence. The process may have been invented and was…

Marciano, Rocky

(Encyclopedia) Marciano, RockyMarciano, Rockymärsēäˈnō [key], 1924–69, American boxer, b. Brockton, Mass. His real name was Rocco Francis Marchegiano. Failing to become a professional baseball player…

Kreisky, Bruno

(Encyclopedia) Kreisky, BrunoKreisky, Brunobr&oomacr;ˈnō krīˈskē [key], 1911–90, Austrian Socialist politician. He served as a diplomat and foreign affairs minister (1959–66). His goal of…