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Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck

(Encyclopedia) Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck, 1836–1911, English playwright and poet. He won fame as the librettist of numerous popular operettas, written in collaboration with the composer Sir…

Gilbert and Ellice Islands

(Encyclopedia) Gilbert and Ellice Islands, former British colony in the central and S Pacific; see Kiribati and Tuvalu.

Gilbert de la Porrée

(Encyclopedia) Gilbert de la PorréeGilbert de la Porréezhēlbĕrˈ də lä pôrāˈ [key], 1076–1154, French scholastic philosopher, b. Poitiers. He taught for 20 years at Chartres, where he was for some…

Scott, Sir George Gilbert

(Encyclopedia) Scott, Sir George Gilbert, 1811–78, English architect. Prominent in the Gothic revival, he designed many public structures. He also directed a vast amount of Gothic restoration work,…

Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert

(Encyclopedia) Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert, 1929–2018, British athlete and neurologist. On May 6, 1954, at Oxford's Iffley Road track, Bannister, a medical student, became the first man to run the…

Cruikshank, George

(Encyclopedia) Cruikshank, GeorgeCruikshank, Georgekr&oobreve;kˈshăngk [key], 1792–1878, English caricaturist, illustrator, and etcher; younger son of Isaac Cruikshank (1756–1810), caricaturist.…

Members of Congress: Arizona, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Arizona Member Name Birth-Death ASHURST, Henry Fountain 1874-1962 BASHFORD, Coles 1816-1878 BEAN, Curtis Coe 1828-1904…