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Kłodzko
(Encyclopedia)Kłodzko klôtsˈkô [key], Ger. Glatz, town (1994 est. pop. 30,600), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland. It is a commercial center with lumber and textile mills, metalworks, and sugar refineries. Founde...Evans, Frederick H.
(Encyclopedia)Evans, Frederick H., 1853–1943, English photographer. Evans retired from bookselling in 1898 when he began his photographic career. He became internationally famous for his exquisite platinotype ima...Haakon VII
(Encyclopedia)Haakon VII, 1872–1957, king of Norway (1905–57). Formerly Prince Charles, second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark, he was elected by the Storting to the throne on the separation of Norway fro...Lucera
(Encyclopedia)Lucera lo͞ochĕˈrä [key], town (1991 pop. 35,615), Apulia, S Italy. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Already important in the 4th cent. b.c., the town was destroyed by the Byzantines in...McCardell, Claire
(Encyclopedia)McCardell, Claire, 1905–58, American fashion designer, b. Frederick, Md. She began her career as a model and assistant designer for Robert Turk in 1929. Her clothes were functional with clean lines ...Fredrikstad
(Encyclopedia)Fredrikstad frĕˈdrĭkstäˌ [key], city, Østfold co., SE Norway, a port on the Oslofjord (an ...Caus, Salomon de
(Encyclopedia)Caus or Caux, Salomon de both: sälōmôNˈ də kō [key] 1576–1626, French engineer and physicist, educated in England. From 1614 to 1620 he was engineer to the Elector Palatine, Frederick, at Heid...York, Frederick Augustus, duke of
(Encyclopedia)York, Frederick Augustus, duke of, 1763–1827, second son of George III of England. In the French Revolutionary Wars he commanded (1793–95) the unsuccessful English forces in Flanders. Despite his ...Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar
(Encyclopedia)Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar kăndəhärˈ [key], 1832–1914, British field marshal. He joined the Bengal artillery in 1851 and fought with distinction in the Indian Mutiny...Peter III, czar of Russia
(Encyclopedia)Peter III, 1728–62, czar of Russia (1762), son of Charles Frederick, dispossessed duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and of Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great. He succeeded to the throne on the death...Browse by Subject
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