(Encyclopedia) Craigavon, town and district, S central Northern Ireland. Craigavon was designated one of the new towns in 1962, primarily to stimulate…
(Encyclopedia) Daniel, book of the Bible. It combines “court” tales, perhaps originating from the 6th cent. b.c., and a series of apocalyptic visions arising from the time of the Maccabean emergency…
(Encyclopedia) Courcelle, Daniel Rémy, sieur deCourcelle, Daniel Rémy, sieur dedänyĕlˈ rāmēˈ syörˈ də k&oomacr;rsĕlˈ [key], d.1698, governor of New France (1665–72). He arrived with the intendant…
(Encyclopedia) Susanna. 1 Heroine of a story told in the Book of Daniel, in a chapter (13) placed in the Apocrypha in the Authorized Version (see Daniel). Two elders attempt to seduce Susanna and are…
MARSHALL, James William, a Representative from Virginia; born near Staunton, Augusta County, Va., March 31, 1844; attended the country schools of his native county; during the Civil War served…
(Encyclopedia) Bel and the Dragon, customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha. It was written possibly in the 1st cent. b.c. as a…
BRAYTON, William Daniel, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Warwick, Kent County, R.I., November 6, 1815; attended Kent Academy in East Greenwich and Kingston Academy; spent two years…
