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Lee Kun-Hee
(Encyclopedia) Lee Kun-Hee, 1942–2020, Korean business executive. After graduating from Waseda Univ., Tokyo, he went to work at Samsung, which his father had started (1938) as trading company dealing…Fort Garry
(Encyclopedia) Fort Garry, two trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company, built on the present-day site of Winnipeg, Man., Canada, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. The first,…Witherspoon, Herbert
(Encyclopedia) Witherspoon, HerbertWitherspoon, Herbertwĭᵺˈərsp&oomacr;n [key], 1873–1935, American basso, b. Buffalo, N.Y.; grad. Yale, 1895, studied music with Edward MacDowell. He studied both…Tetrazzini, Luisa
(Encyclopedia) Tetrazzini, LuisaTetrazzini, Luisalwēˈzä tāträt-tsēˈnē [key], 1871–1940, Italian coloratura soprano. She made her debut in Florence in 1890. After appearances in Spain, Portugal,…Hayes
(Encyclopedia) Hayes, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in a lake NE of Lake Winnipeg, central Manitoba, Canada, and flowing NE to Hudson Bay. It was the chief route used by Hudson's Bay Company…Mitchell, Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Arthur, 1934–2018, American dancer and choreographer, b. New York City. Mitchell studied in New York City at the School of American Ballet and appeared on Broadway and with…Horton, Lester
(Encyclopedia) Horton, Lester, 1906–53, American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher, b. Indianapolis. Moving to California in 1928, Horton formed his own company in Los Angeles and also…Chouteau
(Encyclopedia) ChouteauChouteaush&oomacr;tōˈ [key], family of American fur traders. René Auguste Chouteau, 1749–1829, b. New Orleans, accompanied (1763) his stepfather, Pierre Laclede, on a…Koch
(Encyclopedia) KochKochkōk [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Fred Chase Koch, 1900–1967, b. Quanah, Tex., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1922, was a Wichita…Birdseye, Clarence
(Encyclopedia) Birdseye, Clarence, 1886–1956, American inventor and founder of the frozen food industry, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., studied at Amherst College. From 1910 he worked as a naturalist, and in…Trending
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