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Edwards, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Edward, 1812–86, English library pioneer. As assistant from 1839 in the British Museum, he helped Sir Anthony Panizzi draw up the rules for the catalog. Edwards collected…

Gage, Matilda Joslyn

(Encyclopedia) Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826–98, American woman-suffrage leader, b. Cicero, N.Y. Joining the women's rights movement in 1853, she edited in Syracuse, N.Y., the National Citizen, a…

Ronald Ernest PAUL, Congress, TX (1935)

PAUL, Ronald Ernest, (father of Rand Paul), a Representative from Texas; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., August 20, 1935; graduated from Dormont High School, Dormont, Pa., 1953; B.A…

Browne, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Browne, Thomas, d. 1825, Loyalist commander in the American Revolution. A resident of Augusta, Ga., he was the victim of colonist violence in 1775, when he was tarred and feathered for…

Minneapolis, Minn.

Mayor: Betsy Hodges (to Jan. 2017) 2010 census population (rank): 382,578 (48); Male: 192,421 (50.3%); Female: 190,157 (49.7%); White: 244,086 (63.8%); Black: 68,818 (18.6%); American Indian…

Vos, Marten de

(Encyclopedia) Vos, Marten deVos, Marten demärˈtən [key]Vos, Marten de də vōs [key], c.1536–1603, Flemish painter. He studied with Floris in Antwerp and is said to have assisted Tintoretto in Venice…

Tahmasp

(Encyclopedia) TahmaspTahmasptäˈmäsp [key], 1514–76, shah of Persia (1524–76), son and successor of Ismail and the second of the Safavid dynasty. He successfully repulsed persistent invasions by the…

Irish literary renaissance

(Encyclopedia) Irish literary renaissance, late 19th- and early 20th-century movement that aimed at reviving ancient Irish folklore, legends, and traditions in new literary works. The movement, also…