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Russell, Lord William
(Encyclopedia)Russell, Lord William, 1639–83, English statesman; younger son of the 1st duke of Bedford. He entered Parliament in 1660. Contempt for the dissolute court and fear of Roman Catholicism and of France...Russell of Killowen, Charles Russell, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Russell of Killowen, Charles Russell, Baron kĭlōˈən [key], 1832–1900, British jurist, b. Ireland. He practiced law in Belfast and London before his election to Parliament as a Liberal in 1880. I...Russell
(Encyclopedia)Russell, English noble family. It first appeared prominently in the reign of Henry VIII when John Russell, 1st earl of Bedford, 1486?–1555, rose to military and diplomatic importance. He was lord hi...Russell, Morgan
(Encyclopedia)Russell, Morgan, 1886–1953, American painter, b. New York City. Russell, together with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, founded synchromism in Paris in 1913. Structuring his paintings on interlocking plane...Russell, Charles Marion
(Encyclopedia)Russell, Charles Marion, 1864–1926, American painter, b. Oak Hill, Mo. He was one of the two greatest and most popular painters of the American West (the other was Frederic Remington). A stalwart in...Russell, Mary Annette (Beauchamp) Russell, Countess
(Encyclopedia)Russell, Mary Annette (Beauchamp) Russell, Countess, pseud. Elizabeth, 1866–1941, English novelist, b. Sydney, Australia; cousin of Katherine Mansfield. In 1890 she married Count Henning von Arnim a...Jack Russell terrier
(Encyclopedia)Jack Russell terrier, breed of dog developed in the 19th cent. by an English clergyman, the Rev. John (Parson Jack) Russell, 1795–1883, for hunting. The Jack Russell resembles the fox terrier and, l...Bedford, Francis Russell, 2d earl of
(Encyclopedia)Bedford, Francis Russell, 2d earl of: see Russell, family. ...Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th duke of
(Encyclopedia)Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th duke of: see Russell, family. ...Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of
(Encyclopedia)Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of: see Russell, family. ...Browse by Subject
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