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Etty, William

(Encyclopedia) Etty, William, 1787–1849, English painter. He studied with Sir Thomas Lawrence and later in Italy, where Venetian painting made a lasting impression on him. Etty is best known for his…

Îsle-aux-Coudres

(Encyclopedia) Îsle-aux-CoudresÎsle-aux-Coudresēl-ō-k&oomacr;ˈdrə [key], island, c.6 mi (9.7 km) long and 2.5 mi (4 km) wide, in the St. Lawrence River, SE Que., Canada. It was named by Jacques…

Lyman, Theodore

(Encyclopedia) Lyman, Theodore, 1833–97, American naturalist, b. Waltham, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1855, and Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, 1858. He was in the Union army as an aide (1863–65) on…

Lynd, Robert Staughton

(Encyclopedia) Lynd, Robert Staughton, 1892–1970, American sociologist, b. New Albany, Ind.; grad. Princeton (B.A., 1914), Ph.D. Columbia, 1931. He taught at Columbia for 30 years (1931–61). With his…

Ashtabula

(Encyclopedia) Ashtabula Ashtabula ăshˌtəby&oomacr;ˈlə [key], city (2020 pop. 17,863), Ashtabula co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River; settled…

Tadoussac

(Encyclopedia) TadoussacTadoussactădˈ&oobreve;săk [key], village (1991 pop. 832), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and the St. Lawrence rivers. It is a summer resort in a…

Southfield

(Encyclopedia) Southfield, city (1990 pop. 75,728), Oakland co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit, on the Rouge River; laid out 1817, inc. as a city 1958. There are electronics research, meat-processing…

Quantrill, William Clarke

(Encyclopedia) Quantrill, William ClarkeQuantrill, William Clarkekwŏnˈtrĭl [key], 1837–65, Confederate guerrilla leader, b. Canal Dover (now Dover), Ohio. In the Civil War his band of guerrillas was…

Ontario, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Ontario, Lake, 7,540 sq mi (19,529 sq km), 193 mi (311 km) long and 53 mi (85 km) at its greatest width, between SE Ont., Canada, and NW N.Y.; smallest and lowest of the Great Lakes.…

California, University of

(Encyclopedia) California, University of, at ten campuses, main campus at Berkeley; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1868, opened 1869 when it took over the College of…