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Thomson, William

(Encyclopedia)Thomson, William: see Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron. ...

Cecil, William

(Encyclopedia)Cecil, William: see Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron. ...

Mount Stephen, George Stephen, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Mount Stephen, George Stephen, 1st Baron, 1829–1921, Canadian financier and railroad builder, b. Scotland. He emigrated to Canada in 1850, became a manufacturer, and was (1876–81) president of the...

Stephen, George

(Encyclopedia)Stephen, George: see Mount Stephen, George Stephen, 1st Baron. ...

Monckton Milnes, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Monckton Milnes, Richard: see Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron. ...

Milnes, Richard Monckton

(Encyclopedia)Milnes, Richard Monckton: see Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron. ...

Bloody Assizes

(Encyclopedia)Bloody Assizes: see Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron. ...

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st earl of ĕlˈənbûrˌə [key], 1790–1871, British statesman; son of the 1st Baron Ellenborough. He served as president of the Board of Control of the East India Compan...

Crane, Walter

(Encyclopedia)Crane, Walter, 1845–1915, English designer, illustrator, and painter. As a painter he is grouped with the later Pre-Raphaelites, but he is better known for his illustrations of the works of Spenser ...

Cronkite, Walter

(Encyclopedia)Cronkite, Walter (Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.) krŏngˈkīt, krŏnˈ– [key], 1916–2009, American news broadcaster, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He left (1935) the Univ. of Texas to write for the Houston Pre...