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Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st earl of ēvˈlĭn bârˈĭng krōˈmər [key], 1841–1917, British administrator in Egypt. Appointed (1877) first British commissioner of the Egyptian public debt office, h...

Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

(Encyclopedia)Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir bŭkˈən, twēdzˈmyo͞or [key], 1875–1940, Scottish author and statesman. Included among his works are a history (4 vol., 1921–22) of World War I; biographies ...

Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron: see Burghley. ...

Ashburton, Alexander Baring, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Ashburton, Alexander Baring, 1st Baron: see Baring, family. ...

Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron: see Carleton, Guy. ...

Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron: see Buchan, John. ...

Mount Wilson Observatory

(Encyclopedia)Mount Wilson Observatory, astronomical observatory located in California on Mt. Wilson, near Pasadena. Mt. Wilson Observatory was founded in 1904 by George E. Hale. Its equipment includes 100-in. (2.5...

Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st Baron: see Lubbock, Sir John. ...

Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron, 1859–1935, Newfoundland political leader, b. St. John's. He sat (1885–1918) in the Newfoundland parliament and was a delegate to the conference called (18...

Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron, 1881–1964, British field marshal. He served in the South African War and World War I and in 1939 became commander of the British forces in Egypt. He led the...