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Gjellerup, Karl Adolf
(Encyclopedia) Gjellerup, Karl AdolfGjellerup, Karl Adolfkärl äˈdôlf yĕlˈər&oobreve;p [key], 1857–1919, Danish poet and novelist, b. Sjæland. His early novels, naturalistic and partly…Jubba, river, Africa
(Encyclopedia) JubbaJubbaj&oomacr;ˈbä [key], Ital. Giuba, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed at the Ethiopia–Somalia border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Dawa and Genale rivers, both…Ross, Sir Ronald
(Encyclopedia) Ross, Sir Ronald, 1857–1932, English physician, b. Almora, India. He studied malaria in India as a member (1881–99) of the Indian Medical Service, was professor of tropical medicine at…Saunders, Sir Charles
(Encyclopedia) Saunders, Sir Charles, 1713?–1775, British admiral. He had seen 32 years of service in the British navy when he was selected in the French and Indian War to command the fleet that…Barker, James Nelson
(Encyclopedia) Barker, James Nelson, 1784–1858, American playwright, b. Philadelphia. In 1838, Van Buren appointed him comptroller of the Treasury, and with slight interruptions he worked in the…Baharampur
(Encyclopedia) Baharampur Baharampur bəhäˈrəmpôr [key], Berhampur, or Berhampore…Padang
(Encyclopedia) PadangPadangpädängˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 631,263), capital of Sumatra Barat prov., on W Sumatra, Indonesia, on the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the small Padang River. An important…backgammon
(Encyclopedia) backgammonbackgammonbăkˈgămˌən, băkˌgămˈən [key], game of chance and skill played by two persons upon a specially marked board divided by a space, called the bar, into two tables (…Panini
(Encyclopedia) PaniniPaninipäˈnēnē [key], fl. c.400 b.c., Indian grammarian. His Ashtādhyāyī [eight books] (tr. 1891) is one of the earliest works of descriptive linguistics and is also the first…North Braddock
(Encyclopedia) North Braddock, borough (1990 pop. 7,036), Allegheny co., W Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River; inc. 1897. Andrew Carnegie's first steel plant was built there in…Trending
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