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Stuart, John
(Encyclopedia)Stuart, John: see Bute, John Stuart, 3d earl of. ...Stuart, Mary
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Mary: see Mary Queen of Scots. ...Stuart, Matthew
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Matthew: see Lennox, Matthew Stuart, 4th earl of. ...Stuart, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Stuart, Robert, 1785–1843, American explorer, b. Scotland. He emigrated (1807) to Canada and became a fur trader. He joined in John Jacob Astor's Astoria venture, and in 1812 he led the overland par...Almirante Brown
(Encyclopedia)Almirante Brown, Argentina: see Adrogué. ...Brown Deer
(Encyclopedia)Brown Deer, village (2020 pop. 12,507), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1955. It is a residential suburb N of Milwaukee; consumer g...brown dwarf
(Encyclopedia)brown dwarf, in astronomy, celestial body that is larger than a planet but does not have sufficient mass to convert hydrogen into helium via nuclear fusion as stars do. Also called “failed stars,”...brown hematite
(Encyclopedia)brown hematite: see limonite.brown thrush
(Encyclopedia)brown thrush: see mimic thrush.Brown University
(Encyclopedia)Brown University, Providence, R.I.; coeducational chartered 1764 as Rhode Island College at Warren, opened 1765. It moved to Providence in 1770 and was renamed for Nicholas Brown in 1804. Pembroke Col...Browse by Subject
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