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Thomson, Charles Edward Poulett

(Encyclopedia)Thomson, Charles Edward Poulett: see Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron. ...

Silvestre de Sacy

(Encyclopedia)Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de. ...

West, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)West, Thomas: see De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron. ...

Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph

(Encyclopedia)Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph frēˈdrĭkh krĭsˈtôf dälˈmän [key], 1785–1860, German historian. He was dismissed from his professorship at Göttingen for protesting (1837) the abrogation of th...

Amadeus, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Amadeus, Lake əmăˈdēəs [key], large, usually dry, shallow salt lake, 340 sq mi (881 sq km), 76 mi (122 km) long, 12 mi (19 km) wide, SW Northern Territory, Australia. The lakebed is usually cover...

Hanover, former kingdom and province, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Hanover hănˈōvər [key], Ger. Hannover, former independent kingdom and former province of Germany; Lower Saxony, NW Germany. Very irregular in outline, Hanover stretched from the Dutch border and t...

Fox, Henry Richard Vassall

(Encyclopedia)Fox, Henry Richard Vassall: see Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d Baron. ...

Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'Estournelles de

(Encyclopedia)Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'Estournelles de: see Estournelles de Constant. ...

Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl of ălˈbəmärl [key], 1669–1718, Dutch adherent and constant companion of William III of England. He accompanied the future king to England (1688) and ...

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec

(Encyclopedia)Douglas-Home, Sir Alec: Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel. ...