Search

Search results

Displaying 61 - 70

Breed's Hill

(Encyclopedia) Breed's Hill: see Bunker Hill, battle of.

Gorboduc

(Encyclopedia) GorboducGorboducgôrˈbədək [key], legendary early British king mentioned by Geoffrey of Monmouth. In his lifetime he divided his kingdom between his sons Ferrex and Porrex, thereby…

Burbidge, Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Burbidge, Margaret, 1925–2020, Anglo-American astronomer, b. England as Eleanor Margaret Peachey. Burbidge; her husband, Geoffrey Burbidge; William Fowler; and Sir Fred Hoyle showed (…

Arafat

(Encyclopedia) ArafatArafatäräfätˈ [key] or ArafaArafaäräfäˈ [key], granite hill, Saudi Arabia, near Mecca. The hill was an ancient pagan sanctuary and is shrouded in many legends. It is a site for…

DAVIS, Geoffrey C. (Geoff), Congress, KY (1958)

DAVIS, Geoffrey C. (Geoff), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 26, 1958; attended public schools, West Pittsburgh, Pa.; B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West…

Geoffrey C. (Geoff) DAVIS, Congress, KY (1958)

DAVIS Geoffrey C. (Geoff) , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 26, 1958; attended public schools, West Pittsburgh, Pa.; B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West…

Malindidzimu Hill

(Encyclopedia) Malindidzimu HillMalindidzimu Hillmälĭnˌdēdzēˈm&oomacr; [key] or World's View, granite hill, SW Zimbabwe, 25 mi (40 km) S of Bulawayo. It was designated by Cecil Rhodes as the…

Fischer, Ernst Otto

(Encyclopedia) Fischer, Ernst Otto, 1918–2007, German chemist, Ph.D. Technical Univ. of Munich (TUM), 1952. Fischer was a professor at TUM (1954–57) and the Univ. of Munich (1957–64). He returned to…

Hill, Joe

(Encyclopedia) Hill, Joe, 1879–1915, Swedish-American union organizer; b. Sweden, as Joel Hägglund, also called Joseph Hillström. He came to the United States in 1902 and worked as a miner and a…