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Moseley, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys
(Encyclopedia)Moseley, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys mōzˈlē [key], 1887–1915, English physicist, grad. Trinity College, Oxford, 1910. He began his research under Ernest Rutherford while serving as lecturer at the Univ. ...Gwyn, Nell
(Encyclopedia)Gwyn or Gwynn, Nell (Eleanor Gwyn), 1650–87, English actress. Once an orange-seller at the Theatre Royal, she became a member of Killigrew's company, making her debut there in 1665. Her charm and vi...Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron, 1645?–1689, English judge under Charles II and James II. A notoriously cruel judge, he presided over many of the trials connected with the Popish Plot (s...Bloody Assizes
(Encyclopedia)Bloody Assizes: see Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron. ...Hereford, town and district, England
(Encyclopedia)Hereford hĕrˈəfərd [key], town, Herefordshire, W central England. Hereford is a cattle-market ...Taunton, city, England
(Encyclopedia)Taunton tônˈtən, tänˈ– [key], city (1991 pop. 47,793), county seat of Somerset, SW England, on the Trove River. Its industries include the manufacture of textiles, shirts, gloves, and precision...Darwin, Charles Galton
(Encyclopedia)Darwin, Charles Galton, 1887–1962, English physicist and administrator. Educated at Cambridge, he worked under Ernest Rutherford at Manchester, where he collaborated with H. G. J. Moseley in fundame...Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, 2d Earl and 1st Marquess
(Encyclopedia)Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, 2d Earl and 1st Marquess: see under Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden. ...Babbage, Charles
(Encyclopedia)Babbage, Charles băbˈĭj [key], 1792–1871, English mathematician and inventor. He devoted most of his life and expended much of his private fortune and a government subsidy in an attempt to perfec...Dunster, Henry
(Encyclopedia)Dunster, Henry, c.1612–1659, first president of Harvard, b. Lancashire, England, educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge (M.A., 1634). He emigrated to New England in 1640 and was almost at once (Au...Browse by Subject
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