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Richelieu

(Encyclopedia)Richelieu rĭshˈəlo͞o [key], river, c.75 mi (120 km) long, issuing from the north end of Lake Champlain, near the N.Y.–Que. border, and flowing N across S Que. to the St. Lawrence River at Sorel....

Montmagny

(Encyclopedia)Montmagny, town (1991 pop. 11,861), SE Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. Manufactures include textiles, furniture, and household appliances. ...

Knight, Gwendolyn

(Encyclopedia)Knight, Gwendolyn: see Lawrence, Jacob. ...

McMillan, Edwin Mattison

(Encyclopedia)McMillan, Edwin Mattison, 1907–91, American physicist, b. Redondo Beach, Calif., grad. California Institute of Technology, 1928, Ph.D. Princeton, 1932. On the faculty of the Univ. of California from...

Trois Rivières

(Encyclopedia)Trois Rivières trwä rēvyĕrˈ [key] or Three Rivers, city (1991 pop. 49,426), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Maurice rivers. It is a port and an industrial center. Th...

Durrell, Gerald

(Encyclopedia)Durrell, Gerald, see under Durrell, Lawrence. ...

Herblock

(Encyclopedia)Herblock: see Block, Herbert Lawrence. ...

Tadema, Alma

(Encyclopedia)Tadema, Alma: see Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence. ...

Aldington, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Aldington, Richard ôlˈdĭngtən [key], 1892–1962, English poet and novelist. While studying at the Univ. of London, he became acquainted with Ezra Pound and H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), whom he marrie...

Mount Hopkins Observatory

(Encyclopedia)Mount Hopkins Observatory: see Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. ...