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George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)George Rogers Clark National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...George Washington Carver National Monument
(Encyclopedia)George Washington Carver National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...George Washington Memorial Parkway
(Encyclopedia)George Washington Memorial Parkway: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Hendrick
(Encyclopedia)Hendrick, c.1680–1755, chief of the Mohawks. He was known also as Tiyanoga. He became a Christian and was an ally of the British. He represented his people at the Albany Congress (1754). The next ye...Eden, Emily
(Encyclopedia)Eden, Emily, 1797–1869, English novelist. She went with her brother George, Lord Auckland, to India when he was governor-general (1836–42). Her two novels, The Semi-detached House (1859) and The S...Dyce, Alexander
(Encyclopedia)Dyce, Alexander dīs [key], 1798–1869, Scottish editor. He is best known for his scholarly editions of the works of Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists, including those of George Peele, Robert Green...Ladd, George Trumbull
(Encyclopedia)Ladd, George Trumbull, 1842–1921, American philosopher, b. Painesville, Ohio, grad. Western Reserve Univ., 1864, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1869. He taught at Yale from 1881 until his retirem...Field, Michael
(Encyclopedia)Field, Michael, pseud. used by two English authors, Katherine Harris Bradley, 1846–1914, and her niece Edith Emma Cooper, 1862–1913, who collaborated on numerous literary works, including lyrics a...Brush, George de Forest
(Encyclopedia)Brush, George de Forest, 1855–1941, American painter, b. Shelbyville, Tenn., studied in New York City at the National Academy of Design and with Gérôme in Paris. His early, scrupulously realistic ...Browne, William
(Encyclopedia)Browne, William (William Browne of Tavistock) tăvˈĭstŏkˌ [key], 1591?–1645?, English poet. An imitator of Spenser, he did his finest work in pastoral poetry, of which Britannia's Pastorals (161...Browse by Subject
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