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McAdoo, William Gibbs
(Encyclopedia) McAdoo, William GibbsMcAdoo, William Gibbsmăkˈəd&oomacr; [key], 1863–1941, American political leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury (1913–18), b. near Marietta, Ga. The son of a…Alhambra, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Alhambra Alhambra ălhămˈbrə [key], city (2020 pop. 82,868), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb E of Los Angeles; inc. 1903. It has iron and aluminum…Marshall, Thomas Riley
(Encyclopedia) Marshall, Thomas Riley, 1854–1925, U.S. Vice President (1913–21), b. North Manchester, Ind. A lawyer in Columbia City, Ind., he was Democratic governor of the state (1909–13) and…Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson
(Encyclopedia) Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, English chemist and physicist. He made an incandescent lamp using a carbon filament (1860), 20 years before Edison's lamp. Noted for important…sociobiology
(Encyclopedia) sociobiology, controversial field that studies how natural selection, previously used only to explain the evolution of physical characteristics, shapes behavior in animals and humans.…Florence, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Florence. 1 City (2020 pop. 40,184), seat of Lauderdale co., NW Ala., on the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals and adjacent to Wilson…Meredith, Edwin Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Meredith, Edwin Thomas, 1876–1928, American publisher and U.S. secretary of agriculture (1920–21), b. Avoca, Iowa. After 1896 he owned and edited the Farmers' Tribune, founded (1902)…Steer, Philip Wilson
(Encyclopedia) Steer, Philip Wilson, 1860–1942, English landscape painter. Steer worked largely in the tradition of French impressionist painting and was considered the greatest English landscape…Davidson, Jo
(Encyclopedia) Davidson, Jo, 1883–1952, American sculptor, b. New York City. He studied at the Art Students League and the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He is known especially for his portrait busts,…prehistory
(Encyclopedia) prehistory, period of human evolution before writing was invented and records kept. The term was coined by Daniel Wilson in 1851. It is followed by protohistory, the period for which…Trending
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