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Nicholson, Ben

(Encyclopedia)Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982, English painter; son of Sir William Nicholson. Nicholson's geometric abstractions of landscapes and still lifes are discreetly colored and lyrically expressed. In works su...

Nevis, Ben

(Encyclopedia)Nevis, Ben, peak: see Ben Nevis, Scotland. ...

Macdui, Ben

(Encyclopedia)Macdui, Ben, or Ben Macdhui, peak: see Ben Macdui, Scotland. ...

Bradlee, Ben

(Encyclopedia)Bradlee, Ben (Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee), 1921–2014, American newspaper editor and journalist, b. Boston, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1942. After serving in the navy during World War II, he became a ...

Ben-ammi

(Encyclopedia)Ben-ammi bĕn-ămˈī [key], in the Bible, son of Lot by his younger daughter; eponym of the Ammonites. ...

Ben Macdui

(Encyclopedia)Ben Macdui or Ben Macdhui măkdo͞oˈē [key], Gaelic Beinn Muic Duibhe, peak, 4,296 ft (1,309 m) high, Moray, Scotland, in the Cairngorm Mts.; second highest peak in Scotland. ...

Ben Nevis

(Encyclopedia)Ben Nevis nēˈvĭs, nĕvˈĭs [key], peak, 4,411 ft (1,345 m) high, Highland, W Scotland, overlooking Glen Nevis; highest peak of Great Britain. Ben Nevis is the remnant of a geologically ancient vol...

Ben Ezra

(Encyclopedia)Ben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir. ...

Big Ben

(Encyclopedia)Big Ben, the bell in the Parliament tower (Westminster Palace), London, England. It was named for Sir Benjamin Hall, commissioner of works when the bell was installed in 1856. The name is often used t...

Ben-hail

(Encyclopedia)Ben-hail bēn-hāˈĭl [key], in the Bible, one of Jehoshaphat's princes. ...