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Willie Pep

Willie PepBorn: Sept. 19, 1922Boxer 2-time world featherweight champion (1942-48,49-50); pro record 230-11-1 with 65 KOs.Died: Nov. 23, 2006Roger PenskeN - QMarie-Jose Perec

Fred Perry

Fred PerryBorn: May 18, 1909British tennis player 3-time Wimbledon champ (1934-36); first player to win all four Grand Slam singles titles, though not in same year; last native to win All-…

Welsbach, Carl Auer, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Welsbach, Carl Auer, Baron vonWelsbach, Carl Auer, Baron vonkärl ouˈər bärōnˈ fən vĕlsˈbäkh [key], 1858–1929, Austrian chemist. He discovered the rare earth elements neodymium and…

Cartier, Sir Georges Étienne

(Encyclopedia) Cartier, Sir Georges ÉtienneCartier, Sir Georges Étiennezhôrzh ātyĕnˈ kärtyāˈ [key], 1814–73, Canadian statesman, b. Quebec prov. He was called to the bar of Lower Canada (Quebec) in…

Clemenceau, Georges

(Encyclopedia) Clemenceau, GeorgesClemenceau, Georgeszhôrzh klāmäNsōˈ [key], 1841–1929, French political figure, twice premier (1906–9, 1917–20), called “the Tiger.” He was trained as a doctor, but…

Arthur III

(Encyclopedia) Arthur III, 1394–1458, duke of Brittany (1457–58), known before 1457 as comte de Richemont, constable of France in the Hundred Years War. He led the coalition that overthrew Georges de…

Takoma Park

(Encyclopedia) Takoma ParkTakoma Parktəkōˈmə [key], city (1990 pop. 16,700), Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1890. It is the…

College Park

(Encyclopedia) College Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 15,053), Clayton and Fulton counties, NW Ga., a residential suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1891. Georgia…

Giscard d'Estaing, Valéry

(Encyclopedia) Giscard d'Estaing, Valéry (Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing)Giscard d'Estaing, Valéryvälārēˈ zhēskärˈ dĕstăNˈ [key], 1926–2020, French political leader, president of France…