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Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill

(Encyclopedia)Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill chĭzˈəm [key], 1924–2005, U.S. congresswoman (1969–83), b. Brooklyn, N.Y. An expert on early childhood education, she worked (1959–64) as a consultant to the ...

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Friendship Hill National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

White Hill, battle of the

(Encyclopedia)White Hill, battle of the: see White Mountain. ...

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Cushing's disease

(Encyclopedia)Cushing's disease: see Cushing, Harvey Williams. ...

Kellogg, W. K.

(Encyclopedia)Kellogg, W. K. (Will Keith Kellogg): see Kellogg, John Harvey. ...

Du Lhut, Daniel Greysolon, sieur

(Encyclopedia)Du Lhut, Daniel Greysolon, sieur: see Duluth. ...

Daniel, persons in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Daniel, in the Bible. 1 Prophet, central figure of the book of Daniel. 2 See Chileab. 3 Sealer of the covenant. ...

Daniel, book of the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Daniel, book of the Bible. It combines “court” tales, perhaps originating from the 6th cent. b.c., and a series of apocalyptic visions arising from the time of the Maccabean emergency (167–164 b...

Courcelle, Daniel Rémy, sieur de

(Encyclopedia)Courcelle, Daniel Rémy, sieur de dänyĕlˈ rāmēˈ syörˈ də ko͞orsĕlˈ [key], d.1698, governor of New France (1665–72). He arrived with the intendant Jean Talon, and together they inaugurate...