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Brown, Samuel Robbins
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Samuel Robbins, 1810–80, American missionary and educator, b. East Windsor, Conn. As a missionary (1839–47) to China, he took charge of a school founded by the Morrison…Belagavi
(Encyclopedia) Belagavi, formerly Belgaum Belgaum bĕlgoumˈ [key], city, Karnataka state, SE…Salamanca, University of
(Encyclopedia) Salamanca, University of, at Salamanca, Spain; founded 1218 by Alfonso IX of León, reorganized 1254 by Alfonso X of Castile and León. It has faculties of philosophy, philology,…Mérida, city, Venezuela
(Encyclopedia) MéridaMéridamārēˈdĕ [key], city (1990 pop. 170,902), capital of Mérida state, W Venezuela. The highest city in Venezuela, Mérida has fishing and a variety of light manufacturing, in…Pázmány, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Pázmány, PeterPázmány, Peterpäzˈmänyə [key], 1570–1637, Hungarian churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Of a Calvinist family, he was converted to Catholicism in 1583,…Abascal, José Fernando de
(Encyclopedia) Abascal, José Fernando deAbascal, José Fernando dehōsāˈ fĕrnänˈdō dā äbäskälˈ [key], 1743–1827, Spanish viceroy of Peru (1806–16). During the South American revolt against the colonial…Kouvola
(Encyclopedia) Kouvola, city (1996 pop. 31,986), located in Kymen prov., SE Finland. It is an important railroad junction on the line running from St. Petersburg to Helsinki and a transportation…Mysuru
(Encyclopedia) Mysuru, formerly MysoreMysoremīsôrˈ [key], city (2011 provisional pop. 887,446), Karnataka state, S India. Mysore is an industrial, commercial, and educational center whose products…Darlington
(Encyclopedia) Darlington, city and borough, NE England, on the Skerne River near its junction with the Tees River. Darlington was a railroad center,…Drew, George Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Drew, George Alexander, 1894–1973, Canadian political leader. A lawyer, he led the Conservative party in Ontario from 1938 and served in the provincial legislature (1939–48) and in the…Trending
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