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Walden Pond

(Encyclopedia) Walden Pond, Mass.: see Thoreau, Henry David.

Porter, David Dixon

(Encyclopedia) Porter, David Dixon, 1813–91, American admiral, b. Chester, Pa.; son of David Porter. He served under his father in the Mexican navy before he was appointed (1829) midshipman in the U.…

Chronicles

(Encyclopedia) Chronicles, two books of the Bible, originally a single work in the Hebrew canon (the final book of that canon), called First and Second Chronicles in the Authorized Version, and…

Packard Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Packard Foundation: see David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Ram

(Encyclopedia) Ram, in the Bible. 1 Ancestor of David. In the New Testament he is called Aram. 2 Son of Jerahmeel. 3 Ancestor of Elihu.

Ezri

(Encyclopedia) EzriEzriĕzˈrī [key], in the Bible, officer under David.