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Maura y Montaner, Antonio

(Encyclopedia) Maura y Montaner, AntonioMaura y Montaner, Antonioäntōˈnyō môrˈä ē mōnˈtänār [key], 1853–1925, Spanish politician. He entered the Cortes in 1881 as a liberal but later joined the…

Ashton-Warner, Sylvia

(Encyclopedia) Ashton-Warner, Sylvia, 1905–84, New Zealand British novelist and educator, b. Stratford, New Zealand. For years a teacher of Maori children, Ashton-Warner developed many stimulating…

Limbaugh, Rush

(Encyclopedia) Limbaugh, Rush (Rush Hudson Limbaugh 3d) Limbaugh, Rush lĭmˈbô [key], 1951–…

Engelmann, George

(Encyclopedia) Engelmann, GeorgeEngelmann, Georgeĕngˈəlmən [key], 1809–84, American physician and botanist, b. Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, educated at the universities of Heidelberg and Würzburg (M.D…

Annapolis Convention

(Encyclopedia) Annapolis Convention, 1786, interstate convention called by Virginia to discuss a uniform regulation of commerce. It met at Annapolis, Md. With only 5 of the 13 states—Delaware, New…

Wilkins, Roy

(Encyclopedia) Wilkins, Roy, 1901–81, American social reformer and civil-rights leader, b. St. Louis, Mo.; grad. Univ. of Minnesota (B.A., 1923). While a student, Wilkins served as secretary of the…

Wilson, Sir Angus

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Sir Angus, 1913–91, English novelist, b. South Africa. As a novelist, he attempted to delineate a society in which traditional values have lost their force and human…

Vance, Zebulon Baird

(Encyclopedia) Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830–94, American political leader, Confederate governor of North Carolina (1862–65) in the Civil War, b. Buncombe co., N.C. A lawyer and a Whig, he served in the…

La Tour d'Auvergne, Théophile Malo Corret de

(Encyclopedia) La Tour d'Auvergne, Théophile Malo Corret deLa Tour d'Auvergne, Théophile Malo Corret detāōfēlˈ mälōˈ kôrāˈ də lä t&oomacr;r dōvĕrˈnyə [key], 1743–1800, French soldier. Although an…