(Encyclopedia) Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, central England. It was the scene of the battle (1485) at which Richard III was killed and the crown was passed to his opponent, the earl of Richmond (…
(Encyclopedia) Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, mainly at Baton Rouge; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1853, opened as a state seminary…
(Encyclopedia) American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, honorary academy of notable American artists, writers, and composers. The National Institute of Arts and Letters, founded in 1898,…
(Encyclopedia) Lauderdale, John Maitland, duke ofLauderdale, John Maitland, duke oflôˈdərdāl [key], 1616–82, Scottish statesman. He entered public life as a staunch Presbyterian and was one of the…
(Encyclopedia) ZhenjiangZhenjiangjŭnˈjyängˈ [key] or ChinkiangZhenjiangchĭnˈkyăngˈ, jĭnˈjyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 405,700), S Jiangsu prov., China, a port at the junction of the Grand Canal…
(Encyclopedia) Roger of HovedenRoger of Hovedenhŏvˈdən, hŭvˈ– [key], d. 1201; English chronicler. His chronicle, covering the years from 732 to 1201, is an original source only for the years through…
(Encyclopedia) JingdezhenJingdezhenjĭng-d&oobreve;-jŭn [key] or FowliangFowliangf&oomacr;ˈlyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 294,000), NE Jiangxi prov., China, on the Chang River. It is world…
(Encyclopedia) Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore), d. 1093, king of Scotland (1057–93), son of Duncan I; successor to Macbeth (d. 1057). It took him some years after Macbeth's death to regain the…
(Encyclopedia) Settlement, Act of, 1701, passed by the English Parliament, to provide that if William III and Princess Anne (later Queen Anne) should die without heirs, the succession to the throne…
