(Encyclopedia) Davidson, George, 1825–1911, American geographer and astronomer, b. England. From 1845 to 1895 he was on the staff of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. He charted (1850–60) the U.S.…
(Encyclopedia) Sutherland, George, 1862–1942, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1922–38), b. Buckinghamshire, England. He was taken by his family to Springville, Utah from England in 1864…
(Encyclopedia) MacLeod, Sir GeorgeMacLeod, Sir Georgeməkloudˈ [key], 1895–1991, Scottish clergyman. He was educated at Oxford and, after serving in World War I, was ordained a Church of Scotland…
(Encyclopedia) Romney, George WilckenRomney, George Wilckenrŏmˈnē [key], 1907–95, U.S. public official, b. Mexico, of American parents. He worked (1920–30) as a Senate staff tariff specialist and…
(Encyclopedia) Etherege, Sir GeorgeEtherege, Sir Georgeĕthˈərĭj [key], 1636–1692, English dramatist. His witty, licentious comedies—The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub (1664) and She Wou'd If She…
(Encyclopedia) Prevost, Sir GeorgePrevost, Sir Georgeprĕˈvō [key], 1767–1816, British soldier and governor in chief of Canada (1811–15). He held several administrative posts in the West Indies before…
(Encyclopedia) Bond, George Phillips, 1825–65, American astronomer, b. near Boston, grad. Harvard, 1845. He became the assistant of his father, William Cranch Bond, and in 1859 succeeded him as…
(Encyclopedia) Balanchine, GeorgeBalanchine, Georgebălˈənshēnˌ [key], 1904–83, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. St. Petersburg, Russia, as Georgi Balanchivadze. The son of a Georgian…
(Encyclopedia) Luks, George BenjaminLuks, George Benjaminl&oomacr;ks [key], 1867–1933, American portrait and genre painter, b. Williamsport, Pa., studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine…
(Encyclopedia) Rooke, Sir GeorgeRooke, Sir Georger&oobreve;k [key], 1650–1709, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he defeated a French fleet under the comte de Tourville in the…
