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(Encyclopedia)Karlsruhe kärlsˈro͞oə [key], city (1994 pop. 278,000), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the northern fringes of the Black Forest, connected by canal with a port on the nearby Rhine River. It is ...Würzburg
(Encyclopedia)Würzburg vürtsˈbo͝ork [key], city (1994 pop. 128,875), capital of Lower Franconia, Bavaria, S central Germany, on the Main River. It is an industrial city, the center of a wine-producing region, a...Ernle, Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Ernle, Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron prŏᵺˈərō, ûrnˈlē [key], 1851–1937, British agriculturist, editor, and writer. He edited the Quarterly Review (1894–99) and was president of the B...Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de
(Encyclopedia)Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de ämäˈblə gēyōmˈ prôspĕrˈ brüzhyĕrˈ bärôNˈ də bäräNtˈ [key], 1782–1866, French statesman and historian. He held numerous admin...Clifford of Chudleigh, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Clifford of Chudleigh, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron chŭdˈlē [key], 1630–73, English statesman. Member (1667–73) of the Cabal at Charles II's court, he held a number of offices, rising to acting s...Blau, Joseph Leon
(Encyclopedia)Blau, Joseph Leon blou [key] 1909–86, American Jewish scholar and educator, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Columbia (A.B., 1931; M.A., 1933; Ph.D., 1945). He taught at Columbia from 1944, becoming profess...Rymer, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Rymer, Thomas rīˈmər [key], 1643?–1713, English critic and historiographer. Educated at Cambridge and Gray's Inn, he was called to the bar in 1673 but turned his efforts instead to literature, es...Gabelentz, Hans Conon von der
(Encyclopedia)Gabelentz, Hans Conon von der häns kōˈnôn fən dĕr gäˈbəlĕnts [key], 1807–74, German linguist. Gabelentz showed the broad relationships among Pacific languages. He spoke 30 languages well a...Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron houˈtən, hôˈ– [key], 1809–85, English author. Throughout much of his life he was an active member of Parliament. He was among the first to recogniz...Molyneaux, James Henry, Baron Molyneaux of Killead
(Encyclopedia)Molyneaux, James Henry, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, 1920–2015, Northern Irish political leader. A Protestant and strong Unionist, he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and subsequentl...Browse by Subject
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