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Queen Anne's lace
(Encyclopedia)Queen Anne's lace or wild carrot, herb (Daucus carota) of the family Umbelliferae (carrot family), native to the Old World but naturalized and often weedy throughout North America. Similar in appearan...Queen Anne's War
(Encyclopedia)Queen Anne's War: see French and Indian Wars. ...Sainte Anne, Lac
(Encyclopedia)Sainte Anne, Lac, lake, 21 sq mi (54.5 sq km), central Alta., Canada, west of Edmonton. It has a maximum depth of 30 ft (9 m). The village of Lac Ste Anne, on the lake's south shore, was the site of t...Couperus, Louis Marie Anne
(Encyclopedia)Couperus, Louis Marie Anne lwē märēˈ än ko͞opāˈro͝os [key], 1863–1923, Dutch novelist. In his early works he emphasized with graceful irony the determining forces of human history and envir...Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis
(Encyclopedia)Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis än-lwē zhērôdāˈ-trēôzôNˈ [key], 1767–1824, French painter. Originally named Girodet de Roussy or Roucy, he was a student of J.-L. David, and his classical train...Montmorency, Anne, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Montmorency, Anne, duc de mŏntˌmərĕnˈsē, Fr. än dük də môNmôräNsēˈ [key], 1493?–1567, constable of France. He was made a marshal (1522) by Francis I, was captured with Francis at Pavia...Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques
(Encyclopedia)Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques än rōbĕrˈ zhäk türgōˈ [key], 1727–81, French economist, comptroller general of finances (1774–76). The son of a rich merchant, he showed precocious ability at s...Sainte Anne de Beaupré
(Encyclopedia)Sainte Anne de Beaupré săNtănˈ də bōprāˈ, Fr. săNtănˈdə bōprāˈ [key], village (1991 pop. 3,146), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River and NE of Quebec. It is the site of a famous s...Sainte Anne de Bellevue
(Encyclopedia)Sainte Anne de Bellevue săNtănˈ də bĕlvüˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 4,030), S Que., Canada, on Montreal Island, SW of Montreal. The town has woodworking plants and a publishing house. In fur-tradi...Cotton, John
(Encyclopedia)Cotton, John, 1584–1652, Puritan clergyman in England and Massachusetts, b. Derbyshire, educated at Cambridge. Imbued with Puritan doctrines, he won many followers during his 20 years as vicar of th...Browse by Subject
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