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Saint Brendan

  Saint Brendan   Patron of boatmen, sailors, travelers, and whales by Ann-Marie Imbornoni   St. Brendan (486?–578?) Also known as St. Brendan the Voyager, St. Brendan the Navigator…

Clark, Tom Campbell

(Encyclopedia) Clark, Tom Campbell, 1899–1977, U.S. attorney general (1945–49), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–67), b. Dallas, Tex.; father of Ramsey Clark. He received his law…

Peter of Dreux

(Encyclopedia) Peter of Dreux: see Peter I, duke or count of Brittany.

Geoffrey

(Encyclopedia) GeoffreyGeoffreyjĕfˈrē [key], 1158–86, duke of Brittany (1171–86); fourth son of Henry II of England. Betrothed (1166) to Constance, heiress of Brittany, he was recognized as heir to…

Year in Review 1999 | People

People in the News Whether taking the helm of a newly-independent South Africa or simply living "La Vida Loca," these were the ones who made the headlines in 1999.by Beth Rowen…

Laws to Know

Hammurabi, the king of Babylon in the eighteenth century B.C., was the first to record the laws and their consequences. The next time someone says it's the law, you could ask, “What kind?”Blue…

Whipple, George Hoyt

(Encyclopedia) Whipple, George Hoyt, 1878–1976, American pathologist, b. Ashland, N.H., M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1905. He taught at Johns Hopkins (1909–14) and at the Univ. of California (1914–21) and was…

Dinard

(Encyclopedia) Dinard Dinard dēnärˈ [key], town, Îlle-et-Vilaine dept., NW France, in Brittany, on an…