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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...

Herblock

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

Durrell, Gerald

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

Souris East

(Encyclopedia)Souris East, town (1991 pop. 1,333), NE Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Settled in 1748 by Acadians, it is a fishing port. ...

Cartier, Jacques

(Encyclopedia)Cartier, Jacques kärtyāˈ [key], 1491–1557, French navigator, first explorer of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and discoverer of the St. Lawrence River. He made three voyages to the region, the first t...

Morrisburg

(Encyclopedia)Morrisburg, village (1991 pop. 2,429), SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. Just east of the village is the Upper Canada Village, a model of a typical 19th-century community. ...