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classic revival
(Encyclopedia) classic revival, widely diffused phase of taste (known as neoclassic) which influenced architecture and the arts in Europe and the United States during the last years of the 18th and…Barnes Foundation
(Encyclopedia) Barnes Foundation, museum and arborteum in Merion and Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1922, it houses the impressive art collection amassed by Albert Coombs Barnes, 1872–1951, a wealthy…Chamberlain, Wilt
(Encyclopedia) Chamberlain, Wilt (Wilton Norman Chamberlain), 1936–99, American basketball player, b. Philadelphia. At the Univ. of Kansas he was a two-time All-American center. During 14 seasons in…Williamson, Hugh
(Encyclopedia) Williamson, Hugh, 1735–1819, American political leader, physician, and scientist, b. West Nottingham, Pa. He studied theology, preached for a short time, and then was (1760–63)…Beaux, Cecilia
(Encyclopedia) Beaux, CeciliaBeaux, Ceciliabō [key], 1855–1942, American figure and portrait painter, b. Philadelphia. She studied in Philadelphia under William Sartain (see under Sartain, John) and…Lansdowne
(Encyclopedia) Lansdowne. 1 Uninc. town (1990 pop. 15,509), Baltimore co., NE Md., a suburb of Baltimore. 2 Borough (1990 pop. 11,712), Delaware co., SE Pa., a residential suburb of Philadelphia; inc…Hammonton
(Encyclopedia) Hammonton, town (2020 pop. 14,711), Atlantic co., S N.J., a residential and manufacturing suburb of Philadelphia; inc. 1866. The city is…Broomall
(Encyclopedia) Broomall Broomall br&oomacr;ˈmôl [key], city (2020 pop. 11,222), Delaware co., SE Pa., a suburb W…Yeadon
(Encyclopedia) YeadonYeadonyēˈdən [key], borough (1990 pop. 11,980), Delaware co., SE Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia; inc. 1894. It is chiefly residential.Coleman, William Thaddeus, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Coleman, William Thaddeus, Jr., 1920–2017, African-American lawyer and U.S. cabinet official, b. Philadelphia, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1941, Harvard Law School, 1946. He clerked…Trending
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