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Fibiger, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Fibiger, Johannes yôhäˈnəs fēˈbēgər [key], 1867–1928, Danish pathologist and physician. He served as professor of pathological anatomy at the Univ. of Copenhagen. For his experimental studie...

Tours

(Encyclopedia)Tours to͞or [key], city (1990 pop. 133,403), capital of Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Loire River. It is a wine market and a tourist center, with metallurgical, chemical...

Douai

(Encyclopedia)Douai do͞oˈā, do͞oāˈ [key], town, Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders, on the Scarpe ...

Leadville

(Encyclopedia)Leadville lĕdˈvĭl [key], mining city (1990 pop. 2,629), alt. c.10,200 ft (3,110 m), seat of Lake co., central Colo., near the headwaters of the Arkansas River, in the Rocky Mts.; inc. 1878. Some mi...

Perth, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Perth, town (1991 pop. 41,916), Perth and Kinross, central Scotland, on the Tay River. It was called St. Johnstoun until the 17th cent. Perth is famous for its dye works and cattle markets. Other indu...

Yuma, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Yuma yo͞oˈ mə [key], city (1990 pop. 54,923), seat of Yuma co., extreme SW Ariz., on the eastern bank of the Colorado River near the confluence of the Gila River; founded 1854, inc. as a city 1914....

Thomsen, Vilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Thomsen, Vilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm tŏmˈsĕn [key], 1842–1927, Danish philologist. For many years Thomsen was professor of comparative philology at the Univ. of Copenhagen, where he did important work in...

Eldjárn, Kristján

(Encyclopedia)Eldjárn, Kristján krĭstyounˈ ĕldyournˈ [key], 1916–82, Icelandic statesman and archaeologist. Educated at the universities of Copenhagen and Iceland, he was an assistant at the National Museum...

Goole

(Encyclopedia)Goole go͞ol [key], municipal borough, East Riding of Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence...

Waco

(Encyclopedia)Waco wāˈkō [key], city (1990 pop. 103,590), seat of McLennan co., E central Tex., on the Brazos River, just below the mouth of the Bosque; inc. 1856. It is a rail junction and a trading, shipping, ...