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romance

(Encyclopedia) romance [O.Fr.,=something written in the popular language, i.e., a Romance language]. The roman of the Middle Ages was a form of chivalric and romantic literature widely diffused…

Proclus

(Encyclopedia) ProclusProclusprōˈkləs [key], 410?–485, Neoplatonic philosopher, b. Constantinople. He studied at Alexandria and at Athens, where he was a pupil of the Platonist Syrianus, whom he…

James McDOWELL, Congress, VA (1795-1851)

McDOWELL, James, a Representative from Virginia; born at “Cherry Grove,” near Rockbridge County, Va., October 13, 1795; attended a classical school at Greenville, Va., a private school at…

George Walker CRAWFORD, Congress, GA (1798-1872)

CRAWFORD, George Walker, a Representative from Georgia; born in Columbia County, Ga., December 22, 1798; was graduated from Princeton College in 1820; studied law; was admitted to the bar in…

Top 10 Selling Albums, 2009

The following table lists the rank, title, and artist for each of the top ten selling albums in the United States during 2010.…

Top 10 Selling Albums, 2010

The following table lists the rank, title, and artist for each of the top ten selling albums in the United States during 2010…

John Harley BURKE, Congress, CA (1894-1951)

BURKE, John Harley, a Representative from California; born in Excelsior, Richland County, Wis., June 2, 1894; moved to Milaca, Minn., with his parents in 1897, to San Pedro, Calif., in 1900,…

Compromise of 1850

(Encyclopedia) Compromise of 1850. The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the close of the Mexican War (1848) aggravated the…