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Hill, David Bennett

(Encyclopedia) Hill, David Bennett, 1843–1910, American politician, b. Montour Falls, N.Y. He entered law and politics, becoming the upstate boss of the Democratic party in New York. He served as…

Figueras, Estanislao

(Encyclopedia) Figueras, EstanislaoFigueras, Estanislaoāstäˌnēsläˈō fēgāˈräs [key], 1819–82, Spanish politician. After the overthrow (1868) of Isabella II, he became leader of the Republican party.…

Glastonbury, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Glastonbury, town (2020 pop. 35,159), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford on the Connecticut River; inc. 1690. Located…

Ebbw Vale

(Encyclopedia) Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale ĕbˈ&oomacr; [key], Welsh Glyn Ebwy, town, Blaenau Gwent, SE Wales. A…

Kapp, Wolfgang

(Encyclopedia) Kapp, WolfgangKapp, Wolfgangvôlfˈgäng käp [key], 1858–1922, German right-wing politician. In 1920 he led the uprising known as the Kapp putsch, an armed revolt in Berlin aimed at…

Escobedo, Juan de

(Encyclopedia) Escobedo, Juan deEscobedo, Juan dehwän dā āskōbāˈᵺō [key], d. 1578, Spanish politician, secretary to John of Austria in the Netherlands. He was murdered while on a mission in Madrid.…

Fock, Jenő

(Encyclopedia) Fock, JenőFock, Jenőyĕˈnö fōk [key], 1916–2001, Hungarian Communist politician. He joined the Communist party in 1932, and from 1940 to 1943 he was imprisoned for his Communist…

Casca

(Encyclopedia) Casca (Publius Servilius Casca Longus)Cascakăsˈkə [key], d. c.42 b.c., Roman politician, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. Casca was the first to stab Caesar. He died (presumably…

Wither, George

(Encyclopedia) Wither, George, 1588–1667, English poet, b. Hampshire, studied at Oxford. While in prison for having written the satires Abuses Stript and Whipt (1613), he wrote five pastorals under…

Crump, Edward Hull

(Encyclopedia) Crump, Edward Hull, 1876–1954, American politician, Democratic boss of Tennessee, b. near Holly Springs, Miss. At first (1905–9) a municipal administrator in Memphis, Tenn., he was…