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Stillingfleet, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635–99, English prelate and author. A fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, he became (1657) rector of Sutton, Bedfordshire. In 1661 he published Irenicum, a…

Baidoa

(Encyclopedia) Baidoa or Baidabo Baidabo bīdäˈb&oomacr; [key], town, capital of Bay region…

gazetteer

(Encyclopedia) gazetteergazetteergăzˌĭtērˈ [key], dictionary or encyclopedia listing alphabetically the names of places, political divisions, and physical features of the earth and giving some…

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert, 1st earl of Lytton

(Encyclopedia) Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert, 1st earl of Lytton, pseud. Owen Meredith, 1831–91, English diplomat and poet; son of the novelist, Bulwer-Lytton. He was in the diplomatic service from…

McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier

(Encyclopedia) McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier, 1807–73, British arctic explorer. He entered the navy and in 1848 accompanied Sir James Clark Ross to the arctic. As a naval captain he was given…

Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey

(Encyclopedia) Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, 1773–1850, Scottish critic and judge. He was a founder and editor of the Edinburgh Review, which printed his critical essays. See his Contributions to…

Webster, Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Webster, Daniel, 1782–1852, American statesman, lawyer, and orator, b. Salisbury (now in Franklin), N.H. As a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1827–41), he became a leading political…

benefit of clergy

(Encyclopedia) benefit of clergy, term originally applied to the exemption of Christian clerics from criminal prosecution in the secular courts. The privilege was established by the 12th cent., and…

Liman von Sanders, Otto

(Encyclopedia) Liman von Sanders, OttoLiman von Sanders, Ottoôˈtō lēˈmän fən zänˈdərs [key], 1855–1929, German general. In 1913 he was made head of the German military mission to Constantinople to…

Beust, Friedrich Ferdinand

(Encyclopedia) Beust, Friedrich FerdinandBeust, Friedrich Ferdinandfrēˈdrĭkh fĕrˈdĭnänt boist [key], 1809–86, Saxon and Austrian politician. He held various portfolios in the Saxon ministry and…