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Stokes, Sir George Gabriel
(Encyclopedia)Stokes, Sir George Gabriel, 1819ā1903, British mathematician and physicist, b. Ireland, studied at Cambridge. From 1849 he was a professor of mathematics at Cambridge; he served as secretary (1854ā...Trevelyan, Sir George Otto
(Encyclopedia)Trevelyan, Sir George Otto, 1838ā1928, British historian and politician. He served as a Whig member of the House of Commons from 1865 to 1897. He held posts under W. E. Gladstone as civil lord of th...Thomson, Sir George Paget
(Encyclopedia)Thomson, Sir George Paget, 1892ā1975, English physicist; son of Sir Joseph John Thomson. He was professor of natural philosophy at the Univ. of Aberdeen (1922ā30) and from 1930 to 1952 was profess...Shearing, Sir George Albert
(Encyclopedia)Shearing, Sir George Albert, 1919ā2011, British jazz pianist, b. London. Shearing overcame lifelong blindness to become a world-famous musician, the creator of a style of jazz, and the composer of t...Ross, Sir George William
(Encyclopedia)Ross, Sir George William, 1841ā1914, Canadian political leader, b. Ontario. He sat (1872ā83) in the House of Commons and then entered the Ontario government as minister of education. He was Libera...Perley, Sir George Halsey
(Encyclopedia)Perley, Sir George Halsey, 1857ā1938, Canadian statesman, b. Lebanon, N.H. As a child, he moved with his parents to Ottawa. In 1904 he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative,...Kendall, George Wilkins
(Encyclopedia)Kendall, George Wilkins, 1809ā67, American journalist, b. near Amherst, N.H. After a succession of journalistic jobs, he was a partner in founding (1837) the New Orleans Picayune. In 1841 he joined ...Lake George
(Encyclopedia)Lake George, village (1990 est. pop. 1,100), seat of Warren co., E N.Y.; inc. 1903. Situated on the southern tip of Lake George in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts., it has been a popular vacation ...Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry
(Encyclopedia)Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, 1874ā1922, British antarctic explorer, b. Ireland. The first of his voyages to Antarctica was made as a member of the expedition (1901ā4) of Robert F. Scott. Shacklet...Markham, Sir Clements Robert
(Encyclopedia)Markham, Sir Clements Robert mƤrĖkÉm [key], 1830ā1916, English geographer and writer. While in the navy he served on a British expedition (1850ā51) to the Arctic to search for the explorer Sir ...Browse by Subject
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