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Senior, Nassau
(Encyclopedia) Senior, Nassau, 1790–1864, English economist. A graduate of Oxford, he was called there in 1825 to fill the first chair of political economy in England. In An Outline of the Science of…Reported Cases of Sexually Transmitted Disease in the U.S., 2006 and 2011
The table below provides the most recent reported data on cases of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, and Chancroid. 20062011DiseaseMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalChlamydia252,630775,7881,030,911 389…Morse, Jedidiah
(Encyclopedia) Morse, Jedidiah, 1761–1826, American Congregational clergyman, b. Woodstock, Conn., grad. Yale, 1783. Licensed to preach in 1785, he taught and preached in various places before…Hall, James
(Encyclopedia) Hall, James, 1811–98, American geologist and paleontologist, b. Hingham, Mass., grad. Rensselaer School (later Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), 1832. An authority on stratigraphy and…Vásquez, Horacio
(Encyclopedia) Vásquez, HoracioVásquez, Horacioōräˈsyō väˈskās [key], 1860–1936, president of the Dominican Republic (1899–1903, 1903–7, 1924–30). A dominating figure in the nation, even when out of…Alaska North Slope
(Encyclopedia) Alaska North Slope or Arctic North Slope, region, N Alaska, sloping from the Brooks Range N to the Arctic Ocean. In 1968 large petroleum reserves were found in the Prudhoe Bay area. In…Dwight, Theodore William
(Encyclopedia) Dwight, Theodore William, 1822–92, American lawyer, b. Catskill, N.Y., grad. Hamilton College, 1840. He studied at Yale law school and was admitted to the bar in 1845. He was professor…Rowell, Newton Wesley
(Encyclopedia) Rowell, Newton WesleyRowell, Newton Wesleyrouˈəl [key], 1867–1941, Canadian jurist and statesman, b. Ontario. He was elected (1911) to the Ontario legislature and then served in the…Walter, Lucy
(Encyclopedia) Walter, Lucy, 1630?–1658, mistress (1648–50) of Charles II of England during his exile in Holland and France. She was the mother by him of James Scott, duke of Monmouth, whom the Whigs…Clymer, George
(Encyclopedia) Clymer, GeorgeClymer, Georgeklīˈ mər [key], 1739–1813, American political leader, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Philadelphia. A prosperous merchant, he ardently…Trending
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