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Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von

(Encyclopedia)Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von gĕrˈhärt yōˈhän däˈvēt fən shärnˈhôrst [key], 1755–1813, Prussian general. A Hanoverian army officer, military writer, and director of the war coll...

Tompkins, Kristine McDivitt

(Encyclopedia)Tompkins, Kristine McDivitt: see under Tompkins, Douglas Rainsford. ...

Cole, Margaret Isabel (Postgate)

(Encyclopedia)Cole, Margaret Isabel (Postgate): see Cole, George Douglas Howard. ...

Queensberry rules

(Encyclopedia)Queensberry rules: see Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, 8th marquess of. ...

Tantlinger, Keith Walton

(Encyclopedia)Tantlinger, Keith Walton, 1919–2011, b. Orange, Calif. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he was the inventor of the modern shipping container. After stints at Douglas Aircraft Co. (later McDonnell D...

Home, 14th earl of

(Encyclopedia)Home, 14th earl of: see Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel. ...

New Democratic party

(Encyclopedia)New Democratic party (NDP), Canadian political party, founded in 1961 when the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) reorganized itself and entered into close ties with Canadian labor unions, espe...

Douglas, Archibald, 5th earl of Angus

(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Archibald, 5th earl of Angus, 1449–1514, Scottish nobleman. He was a member of the faction that allied with Edward IV of England in opposition to the influence of Robert Cochrane, favorite ...

Hamilton, James Douglas, 4th duke of

(Encyclopedia)Hamilton, James Douglas, 4th duke of, 1658–1712, Scottish nobleman. He served at the courts of Charles II and James II and remained, after his grudging acceptance of William III, a sympathizer with ...

Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of

(Encyclopedia)Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of, 1771–1820, Scottish philanthropist, founder of the Red River Settlement. Emigration to America seemed to him the best solution for the poverty of his countrymen...