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Roger van der Weyden
(Encyclopedia)Roger van der Weyden: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...Van der Weyden, Roger
(Encyclopedia)Van der Weyden, Roger: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...Sherman, Stuart Pratt
(Encyclopedia)Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881–1926, American critic and editor, b. Anita, Iowa, grad. Williams, 1900, Ph.D. Harvard, 1906. Professor of English at the Univ. of Illinois from 1907 to 1924, he resigned ...Boyle, Roger, Baron Broghill and 1st earl of Orrery
(Encyclopedia)Boyle, Roger, Baron Broghill and 1st earl of Orrery: see Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st earl of. ...Slocum, Henry Warner
(Encyclopedia)Slocum, Henry Warner slōˈkəm [key], b. 1826 or 1827, d. 1894, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Delphi, Onondaga co., N.Y. A West Point graduate, he resigned from the army in 1856 and pra...Guiscard
(Encyclopedia)Guiscard, Norman rulers in Sicily: see Robert Guiscard; Roger I. ...Alexie, Sherman
(Encyclopedia)Alexie, Sherman (Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr.), 1966–, Native American writer, b. Wellpinit, Spokane Indian Reservation, E Wash., studied Gonzaga Univ. and Washington State Univ. (B.A., 1991). Alexie ...Silver Purchase Act
(Encyclopedia)Silver Purchase Act: see Sherman Silver Purchase Act. ...Idrisi
(Encyclopedia)Idrisi ĕ– [key], in full Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abdallah Ibn Idris Al-Hammudi Al-Hasani Al-Idrisi, b. 1099?, d. after 1154, Arab geographer, b. Ceuta. He traveled in Europe, Asia Mi...Dodge, Grenville Mellen
(Encyclopedia)Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831–1916, Union general in the Civil War and railroad builder, b. Danvers, Mass. Before the war Dodge, a civil engineer, did railroad work in the West. After he distinguish...Browse by Subject
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