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Macdui, Ben

(Encyclopedia) Macdui, Ben, or Ben Macdhui, peak: see Ben Macdui, Scotland.

Bradlee, Ben

(Encyclopedia) Bradlee, Ben (Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee), 1921–2014, American newspaper editor and journalist, b. Boston, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1942. After serving in the navy during World War II…

Ben-ammi

(Encyclopedia) Ben-ammiBen-ammibĕn-ămˈī [key], in the Bible, son of Lot by his younger daughter; eponym of the Ammonites.

Ben Macdui

(Encyclopedia) Ben Macdui or Ben MacdhuiBen Macdhuimăkd&oomacr;ˈē [key], Gaelic Beinn Muic Duibhe, peak, 4,296 ft (1,309 m) high, Moray, Scotland, in the Cairngorm Mts.; second highest peak in…

Ben Nevis

(Encyclopedia) Ben NevisBen Nevisnēˈvĭs, nĕvˈĭs [key], peak, 4,411 ft (1,345 m) high, Highland, W Scotland, overlooking Glen Nevis; highest peak of Great Britain. Ben Nevis is the remnant of a…

Ben Ezra

(Encyclopedia) Ben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir.

Big Ben

(Encyclopedia) Big Ben, the bell in the Parliament tower (Westminster Palace), London, England. It was named for Sir Benjamin Hall, commissioner of works when the bell was installed in 1856. The name…

Ben-hail

(Encyclopedia) Ben-hailBen-hailbēn-hāˈĭl [key], in the Bible, one of Jehoshaphat's princes.

Shahn, Ben

(Encyclopedia) Shahn, Ben (Benjamin Shahn), 1898–1969, American painter and graphic artist, b. Lithuania. Shahn emigrated to the United States in 1906. After working in lithography until 1930, his…

George Barnes GRIGSBY, Congress, AK (1874-1962)

GRIGSBY, George Barnes, a Delegate from the Territory of Alaska; born in Sioux Falls, Dak. (now South Dakota), December 2, 1874; attended the public schools, State University, Vermillion, S.…