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Carcassonne

(Encyclopedia)Carcassonne kärkäsônˈ [key], city, capital of Aude dept., S France, in Languedoc. The old city, ...

Lamb, Lady Caroline

(Encyclopedia)Lamb, Lady Caroline: see under Melbourne, William Lamb, 2d Viscount. ...

Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William

(Encyclopedia)Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William: see Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount. ...

Londonderry, Robert Stewart, 2d marquess of

(Encyclopedia)Londonderry, Robert Stewart, 2d marquess of: see Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, 2d Viscount. ...

Bruce of Melbourne, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Bruce of Melbourne, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount: see Bruce, Stanley Melbourne. ...

Keith, James Francis Edward

(Encyclopedia)Keith, James Francis Edward, 1696–1758, Scottish field marshal of Prussia; brother of George Keith, 10th earl marischal [marshal] of Scotland. He participated in the Jacobite uprising of 1715 and in...

Mayor, Michel Gustave Edward

(Encyclopedia)Mayor, Michel Gustave Edward, 1942–, Swiss astrophysicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Geneva, 1971. He spent his entire career at the Univ. of Geneva, retiring as professor emeritus in 2007. In 2019 Mayor and D...

Mars, Forrest Edward, Sr.

(Encyclopedia)Mars, Forrest Edward, Sr.: see under Mars, family of American food manufacturers. ...

Jones, Sir Edward Burne-

(Encyclopedia)Jones, Sir Edward Burne-: see Burne-Jones. ...