Examining a primary source In 2011, scientists in Australia unearthed the nearly complete remains of a âgiant wombat,â or Diprotodon optatum, which roamed the Earth two million years ago.…
(Encyclopedia) Hayes, Helen, 1900–1993, American actress, b. Washington, D.C., as Helen Hayes Brown. She made her New York stage debut at the age of nine. Performances in Caesar and Cleopatra (1925…
(Encyclopedia) Jørgensen, Jens JohannesJørgensen, Jens Johannesyĕns yōhäˈnəs yörˈgənsən [key], 1866–1956, Danish poet and religious writer. He reacted against the naturalism of Georg Brandes and, in…
(Encyclopedia) Longford, ElizabethLongford, Elizabethlôngˈfərd [key], 1906–2002, British author. Born Elizabeth Harman, she married (1931) Frank Pakenham, later (1961) earl of Longford. She was…
(Encyclopedia) OuachitaOuachitawôˈshĭtôˌ [key], river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising in the Ouachita Mts., W Ark. It flows east, southeast, and south through a cotton-producing region of S Arkansas…
(Encyclopedia) PavlovskPavlovskpävˈləfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 25,500), NW Russia, a summer resort near St. Petersburg. Founded by Catherine the Great in 1777, it was named for Czar Paul I, for…
(Encyclopedia) Troyes, Treaty of, 1420, agreement between Henry V of England, Charles VI of France, and Philip the Good of Burgundy. Its purpose, ultimately unsuccessful, was to settle the issues of…
(Encyclopedia) Aepinus, Franz Ulrich TheodosiusAepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodosiusfränts &oobreve;lˈrĭkh tāˌōdōˈzē&oobreve;s âpēˈn&oobreve;s [key], 1724–1802, German physicist. He studied at…
founder of ChicagoBorn: c. 1750Birthplace: St. Marc, Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) Du Sable had a French father and an African-born slave mother. He was educated (possibly in France) and may…
