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Brown, Charles Brockden

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771–1810, American novelist and editor, b. Philadelphia, considered the first professional American novelist. After the publication of Alcuin: A Dialogue (…

Gordon, George

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, George, earl of Huntly: see Huntly.

Huntly, George Gordon, 4th earl of

(Encyclopedia) Huntly, George Gordon, 4th earl of, 1514–62, Scottish nobleman. He was made lord high chancellor in 1546. Although a Roman Catholic, he led a revolt against Mary Queen of Scots and was…

Edgar Atheling

(Encyclopedia) Edgar AthelingEdgar Athelingăthˈəlĭng [key] [O.E. ætheling,=son of the king], 1060?–1125?, English prince, grandson of Edmund Ironside. After the death of King Harold at the battle of…

The Hunting of the Snark: The Hunting

The Baker's Tale The Beaver's Lesson The Hunting The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow. "If only you'd spoken before! It's excessively awkward to mention it now…

Cayce, Edgar

(Encyclopedia) Cayce, EdgarCayce, Edgarkās [key], 1877–1945, American folk healer, b. Hopkinsville, Ky. A popularizer of the idea of reincarnation, he was active as a “psychic diagnostician” between…

Edgar

(Encyclopedia) Edgar or EadgarEdgarboth: ĕdˈgər [key], 943?–975, king of the English (959–75), son of Edmund, king of Wessex. In 957 the Mercians and Northumbrians rebelled against Edgar's brother…

Lester Callaway HUNT, Congress, WY (1892-1954)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1954 Party: Democrat HUNT Lester Callaway , a Senator from Wyoming; born in Isabel, Edgar County, Ill., July 8, 1892; attended the public schools and Wesleyan…

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

(Encyclopedia) Burroughs, Edgar RiceBurroughs, Edgar Ricebûrˈōz [key], 1875–1950, American novelist, creator of the character Tarzan. He is the author of Tarzan of the Apes (1914) and numerous other…