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Roemer, Buddy

(Encyclopedia) Roemer, Buddy (Charles Elson Roemer III), 1943-2021, American politician, Harvard Univ. (B.A., 1964; M.B.A., 1967) b. Shreveport, La.…

Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad

(Encyclopedia) Roentgen or Röntgen, Wilhelm ConradRoentgen or Röntgen, Wilhelm Conradboth: rĕntˈgĭn, rŭntˈ–, Ger. vĭlˈhĕlm kônˈrät röntˈgən [key], 1845–1923, German physicist. His notable research in…

roentgenium

(Encyclopedia) roentgenium, artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Rg; at. no. 111; mass number of most stable isotope 280; m.p., b.p., sp. gr., and valence unknown. Situated in…

Roerich, Nicholas Konstantin

(Encyclopedia) Roerich, Nicholas KonstantinRoerich, Nicholas Konstantinnēˈkōlous kənstəntyēnˈ rörˈĭkh [key], 1874–1947, Russian artist, scene designer, and archaeologist. He was connected with the…

Roermond

(Encyclopedia) RoermondRoermondr&oomacr;rˈmônd [key], city (1994 pop. 43,110), Limburg prov., SE Netherlands, at the confluence of the Maas (Meuse) and Roer rivers. It has an agricultural market…

Roeselare

(Encyclopedia) RoeselareRoeselarer&oomacr;ˈsəlärə [key], Fr. Roulers, city (1991 pop. 532,872), West Flanders prov., W Belgium. It is an industrial center. Manufactures include textiles,…

Roethke, Theodore

(Encyclopedia) Roethke, TheodoreRoethke, Theodorerĕtˈkə [key], 1908–63, American poet, b. Saginaw, Mich., educated at the Univ. of Michigan and Harvard. A poet of the Midwest, Roethke combined a love…

Banharn Silpa-archa

(Encyclopedia) Banharn Silpa-archa, 1932–2016, Thai businessman and political leader. Born into a family of ethnic Chinese traders, he grew wealthy during the 1960s economic boom and became a…