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(Encyclopedia)College Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 15,053), Clayton and Fulton counties, NW Ga., a residential suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1891. Georgia Military Academy (1900...Cirebon
(Encyclopedia)Cirebon chēˌrĭbŏnˈ [key], formerly Tjirebon, port city, district, and seaport, N Java, I...Champaign
(Encyclopedia)Champaign shămpānˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 88,302), Champaign co., E central Ill.; inc. 1860. ...Eiseley, Loren Corey
(Encyclopedia)Eiseley, Loren Corey īzˈlē [key], 1907–77, American anthropologist, b. Lincoln, Nebr. He taught anthropology at the Univ. of Kansas (1937–44), was chair of sociology and anthropology at Oberlin...Frederick I, elector of Saxony
(Encyclopedia)Frederick I or Frederick the Warlike, 1370–1428, elector of Saxony (1423–28). As margrave of Meissen he was involved in disputes with his brothers and his uncles over the division of his father's ...Fredericton
(Encyclopedia)Fredericton, city, provincial capital, S central N.B., Canada, on the St. John River. It is a commercial, administrative, and academic center with some ...Giessen
(Encyclopedia)Giessen gēˈsən [key], city, Hesse, central Germany, on the Lahn River. It is an industrial...Helmstedt
(Encyclopedia)Helmstedt hĕlmˈshtĕt [key], city, Lower Saxony, N central Germany. Manufactures include bricks, ...Hasselmann, Klaus
(Encyclopedia)Hasselmann, Klaus, 1931–, b. Hamburg, Germany. German climate scientist and oceanographer. Hasselmann is the founder and former director of the Max ...Borenius, Tancred
(Encyclopedia)Borenius, Tancred tängˈkrād bôrēˈnēəs [key], 1885–1948, art historian and teacher, b. Finland. He became professor of the history of art at University College, London, in 1922. In 1933 he be...Browse by Subject
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