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(Encyclopedia)Wright brothers, American airplane inventors and aviation pioneers. Orville Wright 1871–1948, was born in Dayton, Ohio, and Wilbur Wright, 1867–1912, near New Castle, Ind. Their interest in aviati...cemetery
(Encyclopedia)cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent...Meredith, Owen
(Encyclopedia)Meredith, Owen: see Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert. ...Mann Act
(Encyclopedia)Mann Act: see Mann, James Robert. ...Johnson Foundation
(Encyclopedia)Johnson Foundation: see Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. ...Jones, Bobby
(Encyclopedia)Jones, Bobby: see Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr. ...Schumann, Clara
(Encyclopedia)Schumann, Clara: see under Schumann, Robert Alexander. ...Beagle, ship
(Encyclopedia)Beagle, naval vessel: see Darwin, Charles Robert. ...McCormick, Joseph Medill
(Encyclopedia)McCormick, Joseph Medill: see under McCormick, Robert Sanderson. ...Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728, American colonist and statesman
(Encyclopedia)Livingston, Robert R., 1654–1728: see under Livingston, family. ...Browse by Subject
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