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John Birchard RICE, Congress, OH (1832-1893)

RICE John Birchard , a Representative from Ohio; born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, June 23, 1832; attended the common schools of Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) and Oberlin College, Ohio; was…

Rice William MEANS, Congress, CO (1877-1949)

Senate Years of Service: 1924-1927 Party: Republican MEANS Rice William , a Senator from Colorado; born in St. Joseph, Mo., November 16, 1877; moved with his parents to Yuma County, Colo., in…

Montgomery, L. M.

(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud Montgomery), 1874–1942, Canadian novelist, b. Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), met with immediate success and has been…

Frank, Anne

(Encyclopedia) Frank, Anne, 1929–45, German diarist, b. Frankfurt as Anneliese Marie Frank. In order to escape Nazi persecution, her family emigrated (1933) to Amsterdam, where her father Otto became…

Anne of Brittany

(Encyclopedia) Anne of Brittany, 1477–1514, queen of France as consort of Charles VIII from 1491 to 1498 and consort of Louis XII from 1499 until her death. The daughter of Duke Francis II of…

Anne, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Anne, Saint, in tradition, mother of the Virgin and wife of St. Joachim. She is not mentioned in Scripture, but her cult is very old. In the West she has been especially popular since…

Lytham Saint Anne's

(Encyclopedia) Lytham Saint Anne'sLytham Saint Anne'slĭᵺˈəm [key], town (1991 pop. 39,707), Lancashire, NW England, on the north shore of the Ribble estuary. It is a seaside resort. Lytham Saint Anne…

Anne of Cleves

(Encyclopedia) Anne of ClevesAnne of Clevesklēvz [key], 1515–57, fourth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. The sister of William, duke of Cleves, one of the most powerful of the German…

Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, duchess of

(Encyclopedia) Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, duchess of, 1660–1744, confidante of Queen Anne of England. Born Sarah Jennings, she was a childhood friend of Princess Anne. In 1677 she married John…