(Encyclopedia) Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte-frēˈdrĭkh hīnˈrĭkh kärl bärōnˈ də lä môt-f&oomacr;kāˈ [key], 1777–1843, German…
(Encyclopedia) Hervey of Ickworth, John Hervey, BaronHervey of Ickworth, John Hervey, Baronhärˈvē, hûrˈvē [key], 1696–1743, English memoirist. A temperamental figure who served in various minor…
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron, 1859–1935, Newfoundland political leader, b. St. John's. He sat (1885–1918) in the Newfoundland parliament and was a delegate to the…
(Encyclopedia) Audley of Walden, Thomas Audley, Baron, 1488–1544, lord chancellor of England (1533–44) under Henry VIII. He was made speaker of the House of Commons in 1529 and lord keeper of the…
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron, 1881–1964, British field marshal. He served in the South African War and World War I and in 1939 became commander of the British forces in…
(Encyclopedia) Phillips, William Daniel, 1948–, American physicist, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976. He has been a researcher at the National Institute of…