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Cohoes

(Encyclopedia) Cohoes Cohoes kəhōzˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 16,759), Albany co., E N.Y., near Albany, at the…

Abu Qir

(Encyclopedia) Abu Qir or AbukirAbukirboth: ăˌb&oomacr;kērˈ, əb&oomacr;ˈkər [key], village, N Egypt, on a promontory in the Nile River delta. Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory over the French…

Walpole, Sir Spencer

(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Sir Spencer, 1839–1907, English historian. He held a number of minor public offices and served as private secretary in the home office to his father, Sir Spencer Horatio…

Horatio SEYMOUR, Congress, VT (1778-1857)

Senate Years of Service: 1821-1833 Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-Jacksonian SEYMOUR Horatio , (Uncle of Origen Storrs Seymour), a Senator from Vermont; born in…

Bernard of Cluny

(Encyclopedia) Bernard of ClunyBernard of Clunykl&oomacr;ˈnē [key] or Bernard of MorlaixBernard of Morlaixmôrlāˈ [key], fl. 1150, French Cluniac monk, of English parentage. He wrote De contemptu…

Monmouth, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia) Monmouth, Welsh Trefynwy, town (1981 pop. 7,379), Monmouthshire, SE Wales, at the junction of the Monnow and Wye rivers. The town is a popular tourist and agricultural center with…

Parker, Sir Hyde

(Encyclopedia) Parker, Sir Hyde, 1739–1807, British admiral. In the American Revolution he broke (1776) the defenses of the Hudson River at New York City—an exploit for which he was knighted in 1779…

Lincoln, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733–1810, American Revolutionary soldier, b. Hingham, Mass. He served under Horatio Gates in the Saratoga campaign before becoming (1778) commander in the South. In…

Cooke, Alistair

(Encyclopedia) Cooke, Alistair, 1908–2004, Anglo-American journalist, b. Salford, England, as Alfred Cooke; grad. Cambridge, 1930, where he officially adopted the name Alistair. Cooke became famous…