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Kendrick, John

(Encyclopedia)Kendrick, John, c.1740–1794, American sea captain, b. Massachusetts. During part of the American Revolution he commanded privateers. As commander of an expedition composed of the Columbia and Washin...

Milledge, John

(Encyclopedia)Milledge, John mĭlˈĭj [key], 1757–1818, American political leader, b. Savannah, Ga. In the American Revolution he was a prominent figure in the group that seized (1775) the colonial government at...

Louis I, king of Bavaria

(Encyclopedia)Louis I, 1786–1868, king of Bavaria (1825–48), son and successor of King Maximilian I. He was chiefly responsible for transforming Munich into one of the handsomest capitals of Europe and for maki...

Krasnoye Selo

(Encyclopedia)Krasnoye Selo kräsˈnəyə syĭlôˈ [key], district, NW European Russia. It is a rail terminus and has industries producing paper and plastics. Krasnoye Selo was a favorite summer resort of Saint Pe...

Hall, Lyman

(Encyclopedia)Hall, Lyman, 1724–90, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Wallingford, Conn. He was a Congregational minister for some time before practicing m...

Girardon, François

(Encyclopedia)Girardon, François fräNswäˈ zhērärdôNˈ [key], 1628–1715, French sculptor. Chancellor Séguier sent him to study in Paris with François Anguier and later to Rome. On his return he was commis...

Germantown

(Encyclopedia)Germantown, residential section of NW Philadelphia. Settled by Dutch and Germans in 1683, Germantown became one of the earliest printing and publishing centers in the country. When the British occupie...

Garden, Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Garden, Alexander, c.1730–1791, Scottish-American naturalist and physician, b. Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He settled in Charleston, S.C., where he collected mineral, plant, and animal specimens and di...

Ivanovo

(Encyclopedia)Ivanovo ēväˈnəvə [key], city, capital of Ivanovo region, central European Russia, in the ...

Drouyn de Lhuys, Édouard

(Encyclopedia)Drouyn de Lhuys, Édouard ādwärˈ dro͞oăNˈ də lüēsˈ [key], 1805–81, French diplomat. He served under the July Monarchy. After the Revolution of 1848, he was president of the committee of fo...