Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Ballia

(Encyclopedia)Ballia bŭlˈyə [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. Situated on a rich alluvi...

Rattazzi, Urbano

(Encyclopedia)Rattazzi, Urbano o͞orbäˈnō rät-tätˈtsē [key], 1808–73, Italian premier (1862, 1867). A leader of the left in the Sardinian parliament, he was briefly (1849) minister of the interior and late...

Scherer, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Scherer, Wilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm shĕrˈər [key], 1841–86, German philologist, b. Austria. Scherer held professorships at the universities of Vienna, Strasbourg, and Berlin. His History of German Liter...

Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de

(Encyclopedia)Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de ämäˈblə gēyōmˈ prôspĕrˈ brüzhyĕrˈ bärôNˈ də bäräNtˈ [key], 1782–1866, French statesman and historian. He held numerous admin...

Samoyedes

(Encyclopedia)Samoyedes or Samoyeds both: sămˈəyĕdzˌ [key], partly nomadic, partly settled agricultural tribes found in N Siberia and the Taimyr Peninsula, especially in the basin of the Ob and Yenisei rivers....

Round Table

(Encyclopedia)Round Table, in Arthurian legend, the table at which King Arthur and his knights held court. It was allegedly fashioned at the behest of Arthur to prevent quarrels among the knights over precedence. A...

Saracoğlu, Şükrü

(Encyclopedia)Saracoğlu, Şükrü shükrüˈ säräjˈōlo͞oˌ [key], c.1890–1953, Turkish prime minister (1942–46). A lawyer, he became a political protégé of Kemal Atatürk and held many ministerial posts...

Recklinghausen

(Encyclopedia)Recklinghausen rĕkˈlĭnghouˌzən [key], city (1994 pop. 127,150), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, an industrial center and transshipment point for the Ruhr district. Manufactures include iron ...

Regnard, Jean François

(Encyclopedia)Regnard, Jean François zhäN fräNswäˈ rənyärˈ [key], 1655–1709, French comic dramatist. He traveled widely in Europe; captured by Barbary pirates, he was held in slavery (1678–79) until ran...

Spühler, Willy

(Encyclopedia)Spühler, Willy vĭlˈē shpüˈlər [key], 1902–90, Swiss political leader and economist. A Social Democrat, He held several government economic posts and served (1938–59) in the federal assembly...