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Fort Anne National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Fort Anne National Historic Site: see Annapolis Royal, N.S., Canada. ...Orléans, Henrietta Anne, duchesse d'
(Encyclopedia)Orléans, Henrietta Anne, duchesse d': see Henrietta of England. ...Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess of
(Encyclopedia)Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess of wĭnˈchəlsē [key], 1661–1720, English poet. In 1684 she married Heneage Finch, who became (1712) 4th earl of Winchilsea. Though her friendships extended to the...Savary, Anne Jean Marie René
(Encyclopedia)Savary, Anne Jean Marie René än zhäN märēˈ rənāˈ sävärēˈ [key], 1774–1833, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He presided (1804) at the trial of the duc d'Enghien and was created (1...Ritchie, Anne Isabella Thackeray, Lady
(Encyclopedia)Ritchie, Anne Isabella Thackeray, Lady, 1837–1919, English writer; eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. In 1877 she married a cousin, Richmond T. W. Ritchie (knighted 1907). She wrote sev...West Midlands
(Encyclopedia)West Midlands, former metropolitan county, central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Birmingham conurbation and comprised seven metropolitan distric...Montgomery, L. M.
(Encyclopedia)Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud Montgomery), 1874–1942, Canadian novelist, b. Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), met with immediate success and has been widely translat...North, Roger
(Encyclopedia)North, Roger, 1653–1734, English biographer. A lawyer, he wrote excellent biographies of his brothers: Francis North, Lord Guilford, Keeper of the Great Seal (1742); Dudley North, a merchant (1744);...Stourbridge
(Encyclopedia)Stourbridge sto͝orˈbrĭj, stourˈ– [key], town (1991 pop. 55,136), Dudley metropolitan district, W central England. In the 16th cent., Stourbridge's famous glassmaking industry was established. Ot...credit
(Encyclopedia)credit, granting of goods, services, or money in return for a promise of future payment. Most credit is accompanied by an interest charge, which usually makes the future payment greater than an immedi...Browse by Subject
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