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Alexander City

(Encyclopedia) Alexander City, city (2020 pop. 14,843), Tallapoosa co., E central Ala., in a piedmont farm area; inc. 1874. Nearby Martin Dam supplies power for the city's textile mills;…

Pierre SOULÉ, Congress, LA (1801-1870)

Senate Years of Service: 1847-1847; 1849-1853Party: Democrat; Democrat     SOULɉ, Pierre, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Castillon-en-Couserans, near Bordeaux, France, August 31, 1801;…

Carrera, José Miguel

(Encyclopedia) Carrera, José MiguelCarrera, José Miguelhōsāˈ mēgĕlˈ [key], 1785–1821, Chilean revolutionist. With his brothers, Juan José and Luis, he overthrew the revolutionary junta headed by…

Blunt, Anthony Frederick

(Encyclopedia) Blunt, Anthony Frederick, 1907–83, English art historian and Soviet spy, grad. Cambridge. Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art after 1947 and professor of the history of art at…

Provensen, Alice

(Encyclopedia) Provensen, Alice, 1918–2018, b. Chicago as Alice Rose Twitchell, and Martin ProvensenProvensen, Alice,prōˈvĕnsĕn [key], 1916–87, b. Chicago, American children's book authors and…

William Henry HARRISON, Congress, OH (1773-1841)

Senate Years of Service: 1825-1828Party: AdamsHARRISON, William Henry, (son of Benjamin Harrison [1726-1791], father of John Scott Harrison, brother of Carter Bassett Harrison, grandfather of…

Colmar

(Encyclopedia) Colmar, Ger. Kolmar Colmar, both: kôlmärˈ [key], city, capital of Haut-Rhin…

James, epistle of the New Testament

(Encyclopedia) James, letter of the New Testament, traditionally classified among the Catholic, or General, Epistles. The James of its ascription is traditionally identified with St. James the Less.…