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Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham
(Encyclopedia) Crerar, Henry Duncan GrahamCrerar, Henry Duncan Grahamkrērˈär [key], 1888–1965, Canadian general in World War II. He fought in World War I and later headed the Royal Military College.…Gatchina
(Encyclopedia) GatchinaGatchinagäˈchēnə [key], city (1989 pop. 80,000), NW European Russia. The city developed around the imperial palace (built 1766–81), which was used as a summer residence by Paul…Guareschi, Giovanni
(Encyclopedia) Guareschi, GiovanniGuareschi, Giovannijōväˈnē gwärĕsˈkē [key], 1908–68, Italian journalist and novelist. Guareschi edited a humorous weekly before World War II and in 1945 helped to…Glendora
(Encyclopedia) Glendora, city (2020 pop. 52,558), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, at the…Gliwice
(Encyclopedia) GliwiceGliwiceglĭvēˈtsĕ [key], Ger. Gleiwitz, city (1993 est. pop. 216,000), Śląskie prov., SW Poland. A coal-mining and steel-making center of the Katowice region, it also produces…Haakon VII
(Encyclopedia) Haakon VII, 1872–1957, king of Norway (1905–57). Formerly Prince Charles, second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark, he was elected by the Storting to the throne on the separation…Hagen
(Encyclopedia) Hagen Hagen häˈgən [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ennepe…Honiara
(Encyclopedia) Honiara Honiara hōˌnēärˈə [key], town, capital of the Solomon Islands. Located on Guadalcanal in the SW…McMinnville
(Encyclopedia) McMinnville, city (1990 pop. 17,894), seat of Yamhill co., NW Oreg.; inc. 1876. It is a trade and processing center in the fertile Willamette valley. Foods, textiles, and building…Deming, William Edwards
(Encyclopedia) Deming, William EdwardsDeming, William Edwardsdĕmˈĭng [key], 1900–1993, American statistician and quality-control expert, b. Sioux City, Iowa. Deming used statistics to examine…Trending
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