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Caernarvon
(Encyclopedia)Caernarvon kərnärˈvən, kär– [key], Welsh Caernarfon, town, Gwynedd, NW Wales, on Menai...Buckingham, dukes of
(Encyclopedia)Buckingham, dukes of (Stafford line): see Stafford, Edward; Stafford, Henry; Stafford, Humphrey. ...Thomas, Helen Amelia
(Encyclopedia)Thomas, Helen Amelia, 1920–2013, American journalist, b. Winchester, Ky., grad Wayne State Univ. (B.A., 1942). The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, she was a pioneering woman journalist in an era do...Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of
(Encyclopedia)Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, duke of, 1355–97, English nobleman; youngest son of Edward III. He was betrothed (1374) to Eleanor, heiress of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, and became earl o...Edgar
(Encyclopedia)Edgar or Eadgar both: ĕdˈgər [key], 943?–975, king of the English (959–75), son of Edmund, king of Wessex. In 957 the Mercians and Northumbrians rebelled against Edgar's brother Edwy and chose ...Drogheda
(Encyclopedia)Drogheda drôˈədə, droiˈdə [key], town, Co. Louth, E central Republic of Ireland, on the Boyne River. ...Falkirk
(Encyclopedia)Falkirk fŏlˈkûrk [key], town, Falkirk council area, central Scotland, on the Forth and Cly...Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement, known as Cardinal York, 1725–1807, claimant to the British throne, b. Rome. Second son of James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender), he was the...Braddock
(Encyclopedia)Braddock, borough (2020 pop. 2,089), Allegheny co., W Pa., an industrial suburb of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River; settled 1742, inc. 1867. Once a...color index
(Encyclopedia)color index, in astronomy, difference in an object's brightness as recorded between any two well-defined bands of the electromagnetic spectrum by using optical filters of different colors. If blue and...Browse by Subject
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