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New Jersey

  New Jersey State Information Capital: Trenton Official Name: New Jersey Organized as a territory: June 24, 1664, as the “Province of New Jersey” Entered Union (rank): 1787 (3rd State to Enter…

Juchitán

(Encyclopedia) JuchitánJuchitánh&oomacr;chētänˈ [key] or Juchitán de ZaragozaJuchitán de Zaragozah&oomacr;chētänˈ [key]Juchitán de Zaragozaᵺā särägōˈsä [key], town (1990 pop. 53,666), Oaxaca…

McCarthy, Cormac

(Encyclopedia) McCarthy, Cormac, 1933–2023, American novelist, b. Providence, R.I. He grew up in Knoxville, Tenn., moved to the Southwest in 1974, and…

Ferrara

(Encyclopedia) Ferrara Ferrara fār-räˈrä [key], city, capital of Ferrara prov., in Emilia-Romagna, N Italy. It is a…

Hess, Harry Hammond

(Encyclopedia) Hess, Harry Hammond, 1906–69, American geologist and oceanographer, b. New York City, B.S., Yale, 1931, Ph.D., Princeton, 1932. He taught at Rutgers (1932–33) and was a research…

Hall, Donald

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Donald (Donald Andrew Hall, Jr.), 1928–2018, American poet, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1951), Oxford (1953). He published more than 50 books, ranging from poetry,…

Carmel, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Carmel, MountCarmel, Mountkärˈməl [key] [Heb.,=garden land], mountain ridge, NW Israel, extending 13 mi (21 km) NW from the plain of Esdraelon to the Mediterranean Sea, where it ends…

Toluca

(Encyclopedia) TolucaTolucatōl&oomacr;ˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 327,865), capital of Mexico state, central Mexico. Located on the central plateau, Toluca (alt. c.8,760 ft/2,670 m) has a year-…

Travers, P. L.

(Encyclopedia) Travers, P. L. (Pamela Lyndon Travers), 1899–1996, British author best known for her Mary Poppins children's books, b. Australia as Helen Lyndon Goff. She worked as an actress and…

Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore

(Encyclopedia) Robespierre, Maximilien Marie IsidoreRobespierre, Maximilien Marie IsidoremäksēmēlyăNˈ märēˈ ēzēdôrˈ rôbĕspyĕrˈ [key], 1758–94, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution…