(Encyclopedia) Indian literature. Oral literature in the vernacular languages of India is of great antiquity, but it was not until about the 16th cent. that an extensive written literature appeared.…
BILBRAY, James Hubert, (cousin of Brian P. Bilbray), a Representative from Nevada; born in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., May 19, 1938; graduated from Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, Nev.;…
SANTINI, James David, a Representative from Nevada; born in Reno, Washoe County, Nev., August 13, 1937; graduated from Manogue High School, Reno, 1955; B.S., University of Nevada, Reno, 1959;…
(Encyclopedia) Asbury, FrancisAsbury, Francisăzˈbərē, –bĕ– [key], 1745–1816, Methodist bishop in America, b. England. The Wesleyan conference in London sent him in 1771 as a missionary to America,…
THURSTON, Lloyd, a Representative from Iowa; born in Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, March 27, 1880; attended the public schools; during the Spanish-American War enlisted on June 13, 1898, as a…
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(Encyclopedia) Bitterroot Range, part of the Rocky Mts., on the Idaho-Mont. line. The main range, running northwest-southeast, includes Trapper Peak (10,175 ft/3,101 m high); Mt. Garfield (10,961 ft/…
(Encyclopedia) Sedgwick, Adam, 1785–1873, English geologist. He was a professor at Cambridge from 1818. His most important work was a study, made with R. I. Murchison, of the rock formation of…
(Encyclopedia) Victoria Land, part of E Antarctica, S of New Zealand; Cape Adare is to the northeast. Bounded on the E by the Ross Sea and on the W by Wilkes Land, it consists of ranges of the…
